Tough day for Elevance Health as it joins the lucky losers club. And can you make sense of why Trump made a big announcement Coca-Cola is going from corn to cane? Please help me understand. My takes: tinyurl.com/vaan4nh7 President Donald J. Trump #MAHA #Health #healthylifestyle #HealthyEating

The Sad Saga of Medicare Advantage and Managed Medicaid Programs (Part 5): The Public Has A Right To Know What Went Wrong and Why UnitedHealthcare, Elevance Health and others know why their costs increased. The truth may hurt.The public has a right to know. tinyurl.com/mpcdn2tt CMSGov

A Moment of Sharing And Gratitude About A Journey No One Wants To Take To A Place No One Wants To Go To A journey no one wants to take, with an outcome no one wants to experience. It is a journey of immense growth, discovery and gratitude. #spirituality tinyurl.com/3vce8yvr

The Sad Saga of Managed Care, PBM Edition : The @CVSHealth/Caremark Decision On #Wegovy/#zepbound Coverage Begs For Transparency CVS Pharmacy covers the Novo Nordisk med and not the one from Eli Lilly and Company. They didn't tell you the rest of the story. tinyurl.com/5krkv6rt

The Sad Saga of Managed Care, PBM Edition : The CVS Health Decision On Wegovy® (semaglutide) injection 2.4 mg /Mounjaro/ Zepbound Coverage Begs For Transparency (Part Two) Why did CVS Pharmacy stop coverage?Was it #medicalresearch? Or just business 101? Patients get caught in the middle. tinyurl.com/5d4bej86

The Sad Saga of Managed Care, PBM Edition : The CVS Pharmacy Decision On Wegovy® (semaglutide) injection 2.4 mg & Mounjaro/ Zepbound Coverage Begs For Transparency (Part Three) Concluding thoughts re CVS Health and how they cherry-picked data to create an "unbenefit" for #GLP1 meds. tinyurl.com/5369k7uz

Hope Springs Eternal When It Comes To Weight Loss and #ManagedCare. Sadly, Hope Is In Short Supply Companies may play games with #GLP1 drugs, access and price. UnitedHealthcare says they are expensive; my price online less than $500. Let's get real. tinyurl.com/ynuebjhh #PublicHealth

The Toxic Mess of Managed Care, the PBMS, and Folks Who Could Benefit From GLP1s: "Show Me The Money!" Increased barriers, decreased access & confusing costs for weight loss meds. Consumers deserve better. CVS Health UnitedHealthcare Novo Nordisk Mounjaro/ Zepbound tinyurl.com/3zxwce5v

They Have Me Under My Skin, Deep In The Heart of Me, And I Can't Let Go: The Sad Sagas of UnitedHealthcare and CVS Health Continue Maybe when The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and CNBC say you have a problem then maybe you have a problem. Wegovy® (semaglutide) injection 2.4 mg Mounjaro/ Zepbound Aetna CVS Pharmacy tinyurl.com/mrjh3jey

Quick Takes: Surprise! UnitedHealthcare and Novo Nordisk Stocks Tank; Cane Sugar In Coca-Cola -Cola Ain't Gonna Make Us Healthy (With A Riff On Diet Soda) These may appear unrelated, but they are not. In the end, you--the consumer--are being played. tinyurl.com/nhw85tfx #MAHA #Potus47

You Can't Make This Stuff Up: The Departure of Vinay Prasad MD MPH from U.S. FDA and The Off-and-On Again NIH Grant Funding Fiasco were stunning in speed/impact/meaning--and not isolated as seen in The Washington Post search. HHS.gov President Donald J. Trump Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD Office of Management and Budget tinyurl.com/34a922ef

Am I Compulsive?: Does "The Dilemma of the Dishwasher" Have A Deeper Meaning? A random morning conversation leads to the discovery that the "dishwasher dilemma" may say something about how we relate to each other at home: Are you neat or does chaos rule? tinyurl.com/35auzep7

Squeezing The Butts Sometimes you just have to laugh at yourself... #BBQ #pork #BEEF tinyurl.com/2xycn2ra

Secretary Kennedy vs Briskets and Butts--And The BBQ Wins! No matter it is late in the day: It is never too late for some #barbecue !!!!! Enjoy... tinyurl.com/3apr5frh

The Tragedy CDC : “Except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain” (Psalm 127:1) We grieve the loss of a brave man.Secretary Kennedy sends platitudes. Donald J. Trump says nothing. And I ask "Have you no sense of decency?" tinyurl.com/53mw5s5x CDC HHS.gov

Quick Takes: Secretary Kennedy Visits Atlanta and CDC; The Kennedy Family Legacy and Senator McCarthy; The Destruction At CDC; Vinay Prasad MD MPH vs.Laura Loomer We learn more re CDC tragedy & recall history that was quite prescient tinyurl.com/5dps23fa HHS.gov Donald J. Trump

Deploying The National Guard To Control Crime Is Not A New Idea, At Least Not For Me Would you tolerate drugs, guns and bullets in your neighborhood? No? Then why turn our backs on those who live this experience every day? tinyurl.com/3rx3bp3s Donald J. Trump National Guard

Highlights of The Week: The Sandwich Guy, Brisket, and Dino-Ribs. Only in America... Donald J. Trump tries to end a war and we are focused on a guy throwing a Subway® sandwich!!!! But a sizzling rack of #bbq dino-ribs can make it all better... tinyurl.com/2syjrxww #Cooking

Appreciate Maureen Dowd column in today’s The New York Times. Wrote similar sentiments earlier this week based on my #Baltimore experiences 30 years ago. Why are we reluctant to acknowledge the concerns of those who have to endure these threats to their safety? open.substack.com/pub/drlen75/p/…

Weighty Matters #5: Is It Rude To Ask If I Lost Weight Using Medications? Really???? Do we need #etiquette rules how to celebrate success with weight loss using #GLP1 meds?The Washington Post thinks so! I say, "Celebrate success!" tinyurl.com/3h2t4npk Novo Nordisk Mounjaro/ Zepbound