{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/67b8c1cd19249d0c1ab3e4f9/682dae3ca6fdc699fd2de9e0?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Patients Over Profits: Inside the Fight to Fix America’s Broken Pharmacy System | Broken Healthcare Podcast #56","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/67b8c1cd19249d0c1ab3e4f9/1747824091423-6fe4a176-0be8-446e-b7f0-a84bb27c8617.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>In this episode of <strong>Broken Healthcare</strong>, host <strong>Ray Kober</strong> sits down with <strong>Mike Stancil</strong>, a reform-minded healthcare executive and former CEO of the Pittsburgh Business Group on Health. Now at the forefront of ethical PBM transformation with <strong>AffirmedRx</strong>, Mike unpacks the dysfunction of the U.S. pharmacy benefit system — from opaque rebate schemes to profit-driven care decisions — and lays out a bold new model that puts <strong>people before profit</strong>.</p><p><br></p><p> 💊 What does a <strong>Public Benefit Corporation PBM</strong> look like?</p><p> 💥 Why are legacy PBMs compared to car salesmen with rigged pricing?</p><p> 💡 How can employers and patients escape the grip of the Big Three PBMs?</p><p><br></p><p>If you're an employer, a healthcare insider, or just sick of rising drug costs, this conversation is your blueprint for change.</p><p><br></p><p>👉 <strong>Subscribe</strong> for more real talk from the front lines of healthcare reform.</p><p><br></p><p>#BrokenHealthcare #PBMReform #PharmacyCosts #AffirmedRx #HealthcareTransparency #PatientsOverProfit</p>","author_name":"Ray Kober"}