Medicine by mail costly to jobs Opponents tally losses to Michigan pharmacies Tuesday, March 16, 2004 By Kim Norris FREE PRESS BUSINESS WRITER Requiring workers to order prescription drugs from out-of-state mail-order companies is expected to cost the Michigan economy 3,000 jobs and $117 million in wages this year, according to a study commissioned by opponents of mandatory mail-order drugs. Michigan pharmacists can expect to lose another 4.3 million prescriptions and $268.2 million in retail prescription revenue this year as a result of the UAW contract with automakers that requires more than 850,000 hourly workers, retirees and dependents to order prescription drugs through the mail for the first time. As a result, 167 full-time pharmacists and pharmacy technicians will be laid off, projected the study by Lansing-based Health Management Associates. Full story > Welcome | Latest News | Your Legislator | Mail Order | Questions Contact Us | Petition | Links Coalition for Quality Healthcare "Upholding high standards of personal service, assuring full access to consumer options and preserving the traditional contributions of local pharmacies to the state's economy" © Copyright 2004 Coalition for Quality Healthcare. All rights reserved.

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