Judi Health Highlights Employer Pharmacy Cost Pressures and PBM Reform on New Podcast Episode

Judi Health has shared an update. The company highlighted a new 2025 episode of its Astonishing Healthcare podcast featuring Eric Bricker, MD of AHealthcareZ, focusing on rising pharmacy costs, challenges in accessing health plan data, and pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) reform. The episode notes that employers’ pharmacy expenses have increased from roughly 20% to about 30% of total plan spending over time, driven largely by specialty drugs and further pressured by 2025 inflation. While the post primarily promotes podcast content, the topics underscore structural cost pressures in employer-sponsored healthcare and the growing importance of data transparency and PBM practices. For investors, this emphasis suggests that Judi Health is positioning itself as a thought leader around cost containment and plan optimization, which could support future demand for its solutions if they address these pain points. However, the announcement does not disclose any new products, commercial agreements, or financial metrics, so the direct near-term impact on revenue and profitability remains unclear. The main implication is strategic: aligning the brand with employer concerns over specialty drug inflation and PBM reform in a market where benefit cost management and data access are increasingly central to purchasing decisions.