Mail Order Medications
What PBMs Don't Want You To Know
Steering & Scare Tactics
What happens when PBMs force patients to use their own mail-order pharmacies through threats of higher prescription costs
Case for Consumers
Forced Mail Order Pharmacies: Unfair to Patients and Wasteful
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​Mount Carmel Health
Mail Order Pharmacy System Delays Meds for Some Patients
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The Columbus Dispatch
U.S. Military Beset by Pharmacy Middlemen Headaches
State Revenue Losses
Delivery Complications & Predicaments
Medications rendered ineffective through improper storage during shipping, Incorrect medications sent, & Lengthy delivery delays - All result in America's patients becoming sicker, and in some cases, dying
Business Insider
NPR Morning Edition Report
Extreme Temperatures May Pose Risks to Some Mail-Order Meds
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U.S. Medicine
Mail Order Pharmacy Policies Put Nearly Half of Veterans with HIV at Risk of Missing Doses
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The Fayetteville Observer
Lawsuit Alleges Pharmacy Error Killed Fayetteville Woman
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Elements Magazine
Mail Order Mishaps: The Dangers of Narcotics, Mail Order, and the 90-Day Supply
Collin County, Texas Commissioners Find Mail Order Prescriptions to be More Expensive
Collin County, Texas had long incentivized their employees to use mail-order, and even limited 90-day fills to mail order. After extensive analysis, they found that most prescription drugs were more expensive under mail order, $29.09 more expensive per script. That is before considering that the county paid for the third month’s fill and delivery fees. Commissioners recently changed their policy so county employees could get 90-day fills at retail and removed all incentives for employees to use mail-order. The county employees now have a choice. The video of the Collin County Commissioners Court healthcare discussion on employee benefits for 2020 can be seen here. Please share with employers-government and the private sector. Thank you to NCPA member John Hickman, owner of Dyer Drug Store in Farmersville, Texas for bringing this issue to our attention.
Anne Cassity
VP, Federal and State Government Affairs
National Community Pharmacists Association
Change.org Petition: ​Stop Forcing Mail Order Pharmacy as the Only Option of Coverage
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