Information on this site describes the drawbacks for consumers, employers and Michigan’s economy when workers and retirees are forced to fill prescriptions from mail-order warehouses in other states. News coverage and independent reports show how Pharmacy Benefit Managers don’t necessarily operate in the best interest of patients, or even of the employers they represent.

Check back here soon for details about new legislation in our state legislature that will protect consumers and community pharmacists without adding costs.

The Coalition for Quality Healthcare was formed to:
Help reduce healthcare costs in Michigan.
Uphold high standards of locally based healthcare.
Ensure consumers a full range of prescription-filling options.
Preserve the strong contributions of local pharmacies to Michigan’s economy.
The Coalition for Quality Healthcare seeks to protect the right of consumers to fill prescriptions wherever they wish, while supporting efforts to reduce healthcare costs for employers and patients. It is organized as a not-for-profit trade association, 501(c)6.
Why You Should Support HB 5254!
When a Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) offers a pharmacy provider a network or panel contract, they are indicating that they value the participation of that provider. Without cause, such as ...
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consumer options and preserving the traditional contributions of local
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HOUSE BILL NO. 5254
 
Why You Should Support HB 5254!
11 / 1 / 2005

Medco's Clash With Clarity
1 / 5 / 2006

 
Local figures: In metropolitan Detroit, retail pharmacists last year dispensed generic medicines for 38 percent of the prescriptions they filled in the 10 most common therapeutic drug categories.

Mail order companies used generics for 30.4 percent of those prescriptions. (Source: University of Minnesota research)