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"Oil Changes" For Your Blood, DIRTY Pharmaceutical Secrets, AI-Powered Medicine & More With Brigham Buhler.

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Apr 4, 2026
Brigham Buhler, healthcare entrepreneur who built Ways2Well and ReviveRX to bypass broken insurance systems. He digs into how pharmacy middlemen and rebates jack up drug costs. He describes cash-pay compounding, advanced diagnostics, regenerative therapies like plasmapheresis and Muse cells. He also discusses AI to scale personalized care and the clinic’s prevention-first model.
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ANECDOTE

Brother's Death Sparked A Pharmacy Pivot

  • After his brother died of opioid addiction, Brigham Buhler uncovered how insurers blocked non-addictive alternatives and toxic prescribing continued.
  • He built compounding pharmacies offering accessible, cash-pay alternatives when insurers removed coverage.
INSIGHT

How PBM Rebates Inflate Drug Prices

  • The insurance-PBM rebate system raises drug list prices while middlemen capture the rebates instead of passing savings to patients.
  • Brigham Buhler explains insurers bought PBMs so plans inflate prices (eg insulin) and keep rebates, creating perverse incentives.
ADVICE

Treat Insurance As Catastrophe Coverage Only

  • View employer health insurance like car insurance: keep it for catastrophic events but use cash-pay/concierge options for proactive prevention and optimization.
  • Brigham urges keeping insurance for crises while using other services to maintain health.
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