tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768592003130681982.post1132029128697316769..comments2023-10-25T00:36:59.067-07:00Comments on FAST FOOD Pharmacy: Pharmacies Fight BackFilet-o-bitch RPhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02150522997875773024noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768592003130681982.post-69030707138634874932009-07-24T21:55:46.207-07:002009-07-24T21:55:46.207-07:00Let's not go trotting off to Canada just yet. ...Let's not go trotting off to Canada just yet. What's the wait for your rotting tonsils to be removed? How about six months. I just filled rxs for Canadians who came to the states and paid cash money to have surgery here. Guess it's not all that great if there's no money in it. Look, as healthcare professionals we are trained beyond the masses. What is wrong with getting paid beyond the masses? I'm not being greedy here, I'm just saying that socialization of U.S. medicine will be a complete failure. If there's no money in it, there won't be any practitioners and you will be on a 17 year waiting list to have a hangnail looked at. Oh, and as for Thiland - how the fuck is that even close to our population and/or fat asses? WTF? Let's look at something that works - don't they still cane people?Phrustrated Pharmacisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07663924493522481064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768592003130681982.post-76298979052477756392009-07-06T03:15:11.997-07:002009-07-06T03:15:11.997-07:00Good article.Good article.Ron Smithhttp://pharmaceuticalweekly.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768592003130681982.post-46428185008394472962009-06-20T08:30:38.020-07:002009-06-20T08:30:38.020-07:00Agree. Somewhere along the line "profit"...Agree. Somewhere along the line "profit" became a 4-letter word in healthcare.<br /><br />I got into this business to help people. But I can't help anyone if I can't provide for my family and meet office overhead.Grumpy, M.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09858110332436246760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768592003130681982.post-21505650865519430642009-06-20T03:20:09.375-07:002009-06-20T03:20:09.375-07:00The headline in the Delaware paper was; State urge...The headline in the Delaware paper was; State urges workers not to use Walgreens. Now that someone has had the balls to stand up to the Medicare reimbursement issue the state is threatening to pull the contract for all state employees also. What does one contract have to do with the other? DE Medicare is asking Walgreens to "stand by them in their time of need" and " the most needy and helpless population". Does anyone remember that pharmacy is a business? A for PROFIT business! I applaud Walgreens for standing up to the state and taking a public beating. I would like to see the state tell any other contractor that they will pay less then your cost and we will pay a year later. Its only pharmacy that will bend over and take this crap. Hooray for Walgreens!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768592003130681982.post-65145994431185847882009-06-13T19:51:07.243-07:002009-06-13T19:51:07.243-07:00now if cvs would have the balls in ny to do it, th...now if cvs would have the balls in ny to do it, then we would be all set.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768592003130681982.post-90652867369345435402009-06-12T12:07:48.765-07:002009-06-12T12:07:48.765-07:00This is absolutely true that the drug prices are g...This is absolutely true that the drug prices are going up by the day...and we should raise a voice against this basic need for health care.Health Advocatehttp://www.callcarenet.com/products.aspnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768592003130681982.post-65092421292373555042009-06-11T08:56:37.365-07:002009-06-11T08:56:37.365-07:00Wow.....what a glorious day it would be to not hav...Wow.....what a glorious day it would be to not have ANY Medicaid patients come in....<br /><br />I don't know about other pharmacies, but they BY FAR cause the most problems here.Codyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08150380081815941253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768592003130681982.post-37864135198245073062009-06-08T03:16:00.970-07:002009-06-08T03:16:00.970-07:00"Ours is a profit based system and that will ..."Ours is a profit based system and that will never change. There are way too many hands in the cookie jar that love love love those cookies."<br /><br />Well worded. the economic crisis is inherently caused by the exact same reason (even beyond the subprime failure, etc).pharmdstudenthttp://www.pharmapplicants.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768592003130681982.post-53392243578600528362009-06-06T16:48:48.349-07:002009-06-06T16:48:48.349-07:00Actually, it's worth taking a look at Thailand...Actually, it's worth taking a look at Thailand's health care system. They did a combo of a number of nation's system to get what works best for them. And I'm jealous a place like Thailand can pull it off and we can't!Amandanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768592003130681982.post-15837908560285857622009-06-06T14:07:18.052-07:002009-06-06T14:07:18.052-07:00In the UK, you don't have to have citizenship ...In the UK, you don't have to have citizenship - as long as you're a legal resident, you get free NHS care. Something like 90% of prescriptions are free, and if you don't get free prescriptions, you can buy a prepayment card that gives you all your prescriptions for about £100 per year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768592003130681982.post-33238433782915096932009-06-05T15:14:43.911-07:002009-06-05T15:14:43.911-07:00Here's an idea. Why don't we make Walmart ...Here's an idea. Why don't we make Walmart the new Medicaid and Medicare? Here are the guidelines:<br /><br />1) If you live within driving distance of a Wally World, THAT is your formulary. $4 list.<br /><br />2) If no Walmart is around (what's that like 5% of the population or something) you get traditional pharmacy benefits.<br /><br />Walmart wants these people. Let them have them. Someone crunch the numbers. What would that plan save the country each year?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768592003130681982.post-68043713402850762492009-06-05T11:52:58.383-07:002009-06-05T11:52:58.383-07:00You're right.
Consider my side of the fence. ...You're right.<br /><br />Consider my side of the fence. I've stopped seeing Medicaid patients becasue of high no-show rates and low reimbursement, and will likely ditch Medicare the next time it gets cut.<br /><br />And I'm just one. Many docs are doing this.<br /><br />System needs to be gutted. And there are no easy answers.Grumpy, M.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09858110332436246760noreply@blogger.com