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Pharmacists: Partners in Health

Ramblings of a pharmacist

In actuality, he would’ve paid $621, not $606, because Wellcare Value Script doesn’t allow independent pharmacies in their “preferred network” (preferred networks are about cost, not quality). That little bit of extra staff makes a big difference in the pharmacist’s ability to take the time to talk to you.

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Asking the wrong questions

Ramblings of a pharmacist

In his comment, he claimed that the number of independent pharmacies has grown over the past 10 years, and the PBM market is plenty competitive because there are over 70 PBMs! ” I think that getting involved in fights over whose method to count pharmacies is better is silly and pointless. Here’s why.