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6:35 Matt Morsa and Bill, Two Guys talking stocks
7:10 John O’Connor
Does Congress Need to Impeach Judges to Make Them Behave?
Alarm as Republicans in Congress back Trump and Musk’s attacks on US judges
John O’Connor, is author of Postgate: How the Washington Post Betrayed Deep Throat, Covered Up Watergate, and Began Today’s Partisan Advocacy Journalism and host of The Mysteries of Watergate Podcast. He served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Northern California representing the United States in both criminal and civil cases.
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7:35 Jeff Harrell at Black Oak Pharmacy President of national community pharmacies association
OREGON PHARMACY PROFESSIONALS URGE STATE LEGISLATORS TO ACT TO SAVE COMMUNITY PHARMACIES
HB 3212 will address unfair Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) practices that are driving pharmacies out of business
Salem, Oregon – Today, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, students, and pharmacy owners from across Oregon gathered at the State Capitol to urge lawmakers to pass House Bill 3212, a bipartisan bill to curb the abusive practices of Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) that are driving local pharmacies out of business and threatening patient care.
“Oregon ranks last in pharmacy access in the lower 48, and we’ve lost over 200 pharmacies since 2008 mostly in rural and underserved areas,” said Brian Mayo, Executive Director of the Oregon State Pharmacy Association. “PBMs and their insurance partners are putting profits before patients, and the consequences are devastating.”
Originally intended to reduce drug costs, PBMs and their insurance company partners now use their unchecked power to force pharmacies into take-it-or-leave-it contracts that reimburse below cost, steer patients to PBM-owned mail-order or corporate pharmacies, and impose gag clauses that prevent pharmacists from advocating on behalf of their patients or employers. The result: higher prices, shrinking access, and pharmacy closures across the state.
When a pharmacy closes, the community loses access to life-saving medications, immunizations, chronic disease support, and the most accessible health care provider many Oregonians have.
John Murray, co-owner of Murray’s Drug in Heppner, Condon, and Boardman, warned that without reform, more closures are coming. “We’ve served Eastern Oregon since 1959, but PBM contracts are forcing pharmacies to dispense prescriptions at a loss. If we shut our doors, some patients will have to drive hours for care.”
HB 3212 would require PBMs to pay pharmacies fairly, ban patient steering, and increase pricing transparency. In their meetings with lawmakers today, supporters underscored that the bill is necessary to protect health care access across Oregon.
“Pharmacy professionals are here today to stand up for their patients,” said Mayo. “It’s time for the legislature to do the same and pass HB 3212.”
HB 3212 is currently in the House Committee on Rules.
8:10 Steve Yancey at Skypark Insurance, www.Skyparkins.com with a talk on the firemap issue and what prospects look like for relief from soaring home insurance costs.
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Wednesday 04-09-25 Bill Meyer Show Guests and Information
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6:35 Eric Peters from www.EpAutos.com with today’s Wheels up Wednesday and listener calls and more. Here are some of his latest articles:
https://www.ericpetersautos.com/2025/04/08/2025-vw-taos/
https://www.ericpetersautos.com/2025/04/08/payments-for-the-next-20-years/
https://www.ericpetersautos.com/2025/04/06/is-your-car-cooking-you/
7:35 State Senator Noah Robinson with the Wildfire map update and general news and challenges in the state legislative session.
8:10 Todd Sheets, author of the Newsletter, On Wealth and Progress, currently available free of charge on Substack and of the book, 2008: What Really Happened
More on Todd: Todd Sheets / Politics, Economics, and Well-Being
His latest – Tariffs and Trade – Liberation or Damnation Day?
By Todd Sheets , Author of 2008: What Really Happened
The Trump administration announced sweeping tariff changes designed to significantly re-order the global trading system. The administration has hailed these changes as the dawn of a new Golden Age for working class Americans. Opponents from both the left and the right have attacked the changes as: inflationary, unnecessarily disruptive to a full employment economy, and a gross violation of the free trade ethos that has long dominated economic thinking. But Trump’s tariff proposals are not a repeat of the mistakes of the past. Over the last few decades, the U.S. economy has shifted from relatively balanced trade to trillion-dollar deficits. As manufacturing has shifted overseas, it has depressed working class incomes and turned this into an important issue that strikes at the very core of the American Dream. Government policies have some influence on trade, but the real underlying driver is the millions of daily purchase decisions made by consumers who are understandably looking to get the best value for their hard-earned dollars. [more…]