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Referenced in the Episode:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oQbbC2Ral4
https://www.ewg.org/apps/

Timestamps:

(1:45) Amy’s background 

(3:33) Lessons from forks in her career path 

(5:40) Pharm to Pharm program idea 

(6:45) Benefits of virtual care and ongoing triaging 

(8:52) Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act and Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy 

(12:20) Does increasing access to generic drug lower costs for patients? 

(14:15) Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) and some of the contracting and pricing games they play 

(21:40) Amy’s comment to FTC regarding vertical integration 

(22:40) PBMs mail-order pricing game 

(24:03) Definition of patient drug compliance 

(24:56) These issues are more than dollars and cents. People’s livelihood and health is involved. 

(25:30) Patients loyalty to their local independent pharmacy 

(26:19) Explanation of vertical integration and what it does to competition 

(31:20) It’s up to use to help educate our politicians 

(32:40) Amy’s 2016 Longevity Summit talk on toxic burden 

(36:45) Healthy Living app for scanning personal care product and seeing safety rating