219: Former Pharma Rep Breaks Down How Your Insurance Is Overcharging You + Keeping You Sick | Brigham Buhler

Realfoodology

Courtney Swan

Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health

4.9 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2024

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Welcome back to the Realfoodology podcast! In today’s episode, live from Austin, I’m thrilled to have Brigham Buhler, a guest I’ve been eager to feature since hearing him on Joe Rogan’s podcast. This conversation explores the shocking world of big insurance and the insidious corruption behind healthcare in America. Brigham unveils how deductibles and copays work, revealing the ways in which consumers are often left in the dark and underserved. It’s an eye-opening discussion that may be dark at times, but it equips you with the knowledge to navigate the system and avoid its traps. Tune in to discover how to protect yourself and your health in a broken system! Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Introduction 00:06:26 - Brigham on Joe Rogan 00:08:30 - Why You Can’t Get Bloodwork 00:11:44 - Pharmacy Benefit Managers 00:15:11 - Co-pays and Ozempic 00:17:17 - Pharmacies and the Gag Clause 00:24:22 - Medicare and Big Insurance 00:27:44 - The Rising Cost of Insulin 00:29:34 - Compounding Pharmacies 00:32:05 - Monsanto and Bayer Pharmaceuticals 00:33:27 - Being a Pharmaceutical Rep 00:37:31 - Drug Recalls and Surgery 00:38:51 - Medical Equipment Regulation 00:45:27 - High Medical Bills 00:47:37 - Out-of-Network Billing 00:51:17 - Fluctuating Medication Prices 00:53:24 - Big Pharma Buying All Pharmacies 00:57:33 - Understanding Deductibles 01:00:59 - Brigham’s Compounding Pharmacy 01:03:31 - Rise in Chronic Diseases 01:06:01 - Ways2Well 01:07:52 - Understanding True Longevity 01:14:40 - You Don’t Want to End Up in a Broken System 01:18:27 - Cash Pay and Super Bills 01:22:05 - Investing in Your Health 01:24:04 - Staying Out of the Sick Care System 01:26:08 - Connecting with Ways2Well 01:28:49 - Finding the Positives! 01:31:58 - This Is a Bipartisan Issue 01:33:04 - Brigham’s Health Nonnegotiable Sponsored By: Wellnesse Go to wellnesse.com/realfoodology Maui Nui Go to www.MauiNuiVenison.com/REALFOODOLOGY and use code: REALFOODOLOGY for 20% off Timeline Go to timelinenutrition.com/REALFOODOLOGY and use code REALFOODOLOGY for 10% off Olive Oil Get a free $39 bottle at Getfresh324.com$1 shipping Organifi Go to www.organifi.com/realfoodology and use code REALFOODOLOGY for 20% Off and from 10/31/24 - 11/03/24 Halloween weekend, Spend $80 get free kids easy greens, Spend $100 get free crisp apple & free shipping, Spend $120 get free pumpkin spice Manukora Go to manukora.com/realfoodology for $25 off your starter kit! Show Links: Ways2Well - Click Here For 10% Off A Comprehensive Bloodwork Panel Bottle Of Lies (Book) Watch Dopesick Check Out Brigham: Instagram Ways2Well Instagram Website - Click Here For 10% Off A Comprehensive Bloodwork Panel Check Out Courtney LEAVE US A VOICE MESSAGE Check Out My new FREE Grocery Guide! @realfoodology @realfoodologypodcast www.realfoodology.com My Immune Supplement by 2x4 Air Dr Air Purifier AquaTru Water Filter EWG Tap Water Database

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0:00.0	On today's episode of the Real Foodology Podcast.
0:03.0	If you eat the average American diet and you go to the average American primary care,
0:07.0	you can be prepared to die of the average American disease.
0:10.0	Hello friends, welcome back to another episode of the Real Foodology Podcast.
0:14.0	Today I'm in Austin and you can actually watch this video if you're listening on Spotify
0:18.7	you can watch the full video. I'm in a studio in Austin. I came out here for a trip and decided to bring a couple
0:26.2	guests on that I have been wanting to get on the podcast. Today's episode is probably hands down in the top five of my favorite episodes that I've ever recorded.
0:38.0	Brigham Buehler, I heard him on Joe Rogan's podcast, I believe it was about three years ago now and immediately
0:46.1	when I listened to that episode I texted my team. I tried DMing him on Instagram. I was like I have to get this guy on.
0:57.4	I talk so much about big pharma and big food and all the corruption is going on.
1:05.0	I never knew the insidious world of the corruption of big insurance.
1:08.9	And I just felt like Brigham was dropping all these bombs left and right of things that I had never heard before
1:11.2	and answering all these questions that I feel like all of us are in the dark about like with our deductibles.
1:16.7	Insurance makes it so confusing right like when you try to meet a deductible and
1:25.8	you feel like you're spending all this money and they're not reimbursing you for everything but they're not going to reimburse you until you meet this deductible
1:30.0	and then even when you meet the deductible they only give you a certain percentage and what about co-pays with prescriptions like there's just there's so much colluding going on in the background where the American people are getting just totally
1:43.7	fucked for lack of a better word and he breaks it down in such a perfect way.
1:51.6	I will tell you that a lot of this is really dark and it's really crazy and I'm sure a lot of it you've never heard before.
1:57.0	But I choose to allow this information to empower me because now that I know, now I know to avoid this and now I know how to not
2:06.9	get into this sick system. Brigham actually said this to me after the podcast. He said, I see it like a magic trick where now I know, I know all the ins and outs,
2:16.1	I know the tricks that they're trying to, that they're trying to pull the wool over our faces and he's like now that I see the
2:26.2	magic trick I know exactly what's going on and I know how to avoid their tricks and
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