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329: Breaking Down Big Pharma: The Opioid Crisis, Insurance & MAHA | Brigham Buhler

Be Well by Kelly Leveque

Kelly Leveque

Education, Nutrition, Alternative Health, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness

4.81.4K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2025

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, I’m joined by Brigham Buhler, a passionate advocate for transforming the healthcare system. Brigham shares his personal journey and insights into the flaws in both the pharmaceutical industry and our healthcare system, offering solutions to help us all take control of our health.

We discuss the brokenness of insurance, the opioid crisis, and the role of compounding pharmacies in providing personalized care. Brigham also talks about the power of functional medicine and why it’s crucial for us to educate both the public and politicians about these pressing issues.

Topics Discussed:

  • Brigham’s journey through the pharmaceutical industry
  • The opioid and fentanyl crisis
  • The flaws in the healthcare and insurance systems
  • Functional vs. allopathic medicine
  • The benefits of compounding pharmacies
  • Educating the public and politicians on healthcare reform

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Timestamps: 

  • 00:00:00 - Introduction
  • 01:54:00 - Brigham’s background
  • 05:32:00 - From pharmaceutical rep to healthcare advocate
  • 09:42:00 - The opioid epidemic
  • 14:06:00 - Solutions to the opioid crisis
  • 19:01:00 - The pharmaceutical industry breakdown
  • 27:02:00 - Insurance & chronic disease
  • 33:32:00 - Insurance companies and patient struggles
  • 37:06:00 - Rising insurance premiums
  • 41:40:00 - Functional vs. allopathic medicine
  • 43:31:00 - Integrative doctors
  • 46:12:00 - GLP-1s (Ozempic)
  • 47:33:00 - Health Senate roundtable & MAHA
  • 52:58:00 - Informed consent
  • 54:49:00 - Educating the public
  • 58:31:00 - Educating politicians
  • 01:00:15 - Taking control of your health
  • 01:04:26 - Traditional vs. compounding pharmacies

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0:00.0

They are monetizing chronic disease and there is no incentive to prevent or obstruct you

0:07.4

progressing into a chronic disease because there is so much money being made off prescription

0:12.8

medicines.

0:14.5

You're listening to Be Well by Kelly Leveck.

0:21.0

Brigham Bueller, I have been stalking you on the internet for the last couple months.

0:26.0

And I love, first of all, everything that you are sharing in regards to how broken the

0:32.2

healthcare system is, but just your personal journey as well.

0:35.6

And you're offering all of the, you have a compounding

0:38.7

pharmacies. You know, you have ways to well. You have all these ways for people to understand

0:42.8

how to optimize their health, feel their best. And you're really offering solutions that I think,

0:48.3

you know, aren't available to most Americans across the country. And I'm just, I'm so grateful

0:52.9

for your time and for the passion behind all of the work that you do.

0:57.2

So thank you so much for being here.

0:59.0

No, thank you for having me.

1:00.3

And it's been a surreal journey.

1:02.1

It has been wild.

1:03.3

I mean, five years ago, I was trying to ring the bell

1:06.5

on everything that was happening in our healthcare institutions

1:09.7

and how corporately captured and broken

1:11.7

they were.

1:12.7

And if it wasn't for the fate of going on Rogan, it kind of created, I mean, honestly,

1:19.4

a tsunami that took over and led to the opportunity to meet Bobby Kennedy and some of these

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