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The Express Scripts/Walgreens Dispute
This post brought to you by Walgreens. All opinions are 100% mine.
The start of this year bought trouble for many who rely on low priced prescriptions. Many of us use Walgreens and other pharmacies in our daily lives and count on getting our medicine and prescriptions from there. Ever since the Express Scripts Pharmacy network has cut off Walgreens from it’s network, things have gotten heated up because of many reasons.
But first, What is Express Scripts? It is basically an pharmacy network and the middleman provider between pharmacies who provides health care services,health plans, and employers who pay for the medications. Express Scripts has gained a lot financially from their position and now patients will have to go elsewhere for in network pharmacy benefits. You can read more about it here : Walgreens and Express Scripts. This dispute will greatly affect patients because now patients under this program will have to change their pharmacists and some might have to travel very far, when they had it easy going to a local Walgreens which are usually 24 hours as well. A lot can become an hassle for patients because they aren’t even seeing any of their costs go down either. It’s a lot of pain for the patients. To ease their patients pain a little, Walgreens is offering Prescription Savings Club at Walgreens, which offers a special discount of annual membership. This will allow patients that are affected with the chance to join and stay with Walgreens for $5, or %10 for the family, and get savings on over 8000 brands of brand name and generic medications. You will also get discounts on flu shots, pet prescriptions, and diabetic supplies when necessary. Receiving bonuses will be a plus as well when you purchase Walgreens brand products.
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