Robin FrostSo, when last I was under the auspices of the #Caremark pharmacy I never ever could get them to give me #ScripTalk labels without #Braille. Guess that's gonna hold true this time around also. It's annoying but I guess not the worst issue to have on the earth. Now if they'd just ship out my prescriptions that it's taken 2 and a half weeks to get straightened out that'd just be dandy.
Catherine Collingwood EstesThe appointment is the latest in a series of executive changes at #CVSHealth. #Caremark #CVS #ExecutiveShuffle #PBM https://buff.ly/4kfCf4u
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I'm a customer of Walpole Pharmacy in Walpole, MA: walpolepharmacy.com/
And, if I need a backup sourcing for something, I can visit Norwood Pharmacy: norwoodpharmacy.com/
You really don't need to shop at the box stores. Any products in the box stores that aren't bought at the pharmacist counter can be bought at your local independent grocery store or family-owned convenience store.
Stop giving the oligarchs total control over your healthcare.
smegPBMs made billions marking up specialty drugs by more than 1,000 percent: FTC
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5085119-ftc-report-pharmacy-benefit-managers/
#pbm #pbms #PBMreform #cigna #unitedhealth #prescriptions #pharmacybenefitmanagers #cvs #caremark #ushealthcarecosts #ushealthcare #healthinsurance
I did not think any pharmacy on earth was worse than dealing with my local #CVS but I think Express-Scripts eclipses them or at least ties for causing me the most annoyance. That's one thing #Caremark mail order had in its favor you didn't have to fight with the automated system to get an agent and even then deal with someone incapable of basic understanding.
Johnhttps://actionnetwork.org/letters/support-unionizing-pharmacists/
Burned out #pharmacists seek #union representation as #CVS merges with #Aetna and #Caremark - "you treat your employees a certain way for so long they stop wanting to work for you"
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Being a pharmacist used to be a good job. But as corporations like CVS and Walgreens have cornered the market, squeezing more and more profit out of every step has left American pharmacists in a crisis that endangers patients and immiserates workers, all to enrich a few more stockholders. That’s why pharmacists are organizing under the Pharmacist’s Guild -- and why they have to win. We sat down with pharmacists, who told us how their jobs have changed and why they’re organizing for a union. Watch our exclusive report, then tell the CEOs of CVS and Walgreens that you support the unionizing pharmacy workers! In the relentless pursuit of profits, CVS has gobbled up insurance giant Aetna and Caremark, the nation’s largest pharmacy benefit manager. This drives up the cost of drugs by allowing CVS to essentially negotiate prices with itself. And it makes workers more of an afterthought. That’s why pharmacists are fighting back. They’re tired of understaffing practices that can leave a single worker in charge of distributing vaccines, dispensing medicine, and interacting with customers. It isn’t just exhausting -- it’s dangerous. As pharmacist Amanda Poole told us: “You know what happens when you're so busy and your technician is overworked or you don't have a technician there and you've typed in the prescription? You've checked the prescription and you've looked at it and you think it said Lisinopril, which is a blood pressure medicine, and it said levothyroxine, which is a thyroid medicine.” These mistakes can be deadly. Pharmacists developed systems to minimize them -- but those systems are being abandoned as already-profitable corporations seek ever larger profits. The Pharmacists Guild is fighting to improve working conditions for pharmacists. But in doing so, they’ll protect patients and make going to the pharmacy suck a little less. Send a message to the CEOs of CVS and Walgreens: We support unionizing pharmacy workers!
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DJW2/? If I could, personally, I’d just drive to St. Louis but the mail order mess has no way to do that.
Among other things, to have the sheer audacity to fuck me around over five dollars, considering how much insurance pays monthly, esp after years of it.
And #cvs #Caremark can get bent for refusing to cover the original drug, choosing to only cover the new drug for far greater cost.
NTM, what kind of greedy fool patents a mail order pharmacy?
NagaOne of my recently-diagnosed conditions means taking 5 pills with each meal and 3 meals with a snack.
A 30-day supply is 540 pills.
I called the pharmacy (yep, #CVS) asking why my refill had been listed out of stock over a week and still not filled.
"We get 100 per shipment. Do you really need all 540 at once?"
Well, since #Caremark (CVS parent) won't pay for higher-dose pills, then, yes, I do.
Might switch to 90-day mail-order. 1,620 pills, but they've likely got the stock.