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Robert Levin

  • Managing Member, The Oasis Strategy Group & Vital Alternatives
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Managing member of the Oasis Strategy Group and co-founder of Work Better Now
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Don’t Let Middlemen Off the Hook in the Drug Pricing Debate – DC Journal - InsideSources

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By Robert Levin
| DC Journal
President Trump’s recent directive to 17 pharmaceutical manufacturers demanding that U.S. drug prices align with the lowest prices in other developed countries has thrust the issue of prescription drug affordability into the spotlight. The goal, making medications accessible for American patients, is one we all share. The path to achieving it matters, and the current approach risks missing the mark by overlooking a critical player in the crisis, pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs).
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Congress Can Fix the Broken PBM Industry – DC Journal - InsideSources

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By Robert Levin, Angus Worthing, Ray Walker
| DC Journal
Congress is in the process of negotiating a set of bipartisan health policies, including pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) reform. On the table for inclusion are two policies that will provide immediate relief for patients in the form of reduced out-of-pocket costs for drugs: delinking drug prices from PBM income and requiring PBMs to pass through the discounts, rebates and other price concessions they obtain from drug companies.
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A Reform Could Lower Prescription Drug Bills – DC Journal - InsideSources

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By Robert Levin, Angus Worthing, Aaron Rice
| DC Journal
Imagine you’re in charge of purchasing desks for your local school system. Your main negotiating leverage is that you can freeze out desk makers who won’t give the school system a good price. In negotiations with DeskMaker, you ask for a percentage off their retail prices in exchange for their becoming the school system’s preferred desk supplier. Win-win? Not so fast.
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