PHARMACIST STEVE

What CVS is doing to mom-and-pop pharmacies in the US will make your blood boil https://www.businessinsider.com/cvs-squeezing-us-mom-and-pop-pharmacies-out-of-business-2018-3   CVS Caremark, the in-house pharmacy benefit manager for CVS, has been accused of squeezing small pharmacies, driving some out of business. Lawmakers in Arkansas and Ohio have been quick to pass laws designed to end this by demanding […]

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         Sadly, this is one of several transplant patients that I have heard of whose life will be at risk over this weekend because their transplant medications will not arrive on time. It’s not against the law for #PBMs to risk lives as they force to their mail-order pharmacy. That’s how they make profits. […]

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How do insurers decide what medicines to pay for? https://stockdailydish.com/how-do-insurers-decide-what-medicines-to-pay-for/ How do insurers decide what medicines to pay for? How do insurance companies decide what medicines to pay for and when to pay for them? Insurers and other payers look first at how well the drug works – not its cost – when they decide […]

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Chronic Pain Survey Results Show Women Are Hurting http://nationalpainreport.com/chronic-pain-survey-results-show-women-are-hurting-8842345.html Posted on December 14, 2019 by Terri A Lewis, PhD. Editor’s Note: Terri Lewis, Ph.D. is a chronic pain advocate who, with the help of you, the readers of the National Pain Report, conducted one of the largest online surveys of chronic pain patients. She sent […]

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