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.
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Help reduce healthcare
costs in Michigan. |
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Uphold high standards of
locally based healthcare. |
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Ensure consumers a full range
of prescription-filling options. |
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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. |
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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 ... [Full
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Why You Should Support HB 5254!
11 / 1 / 2005
Medco's Clash With Clarity
1 / 5 / 2006
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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) |
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