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If your hometown is anything like mine, there is at least one Walgreens a convenient distance from your house.  I pass one on my way to work in the morning, and another is on the way to the grocery store. 

I use Walgreens to fill my prescriptions, but a lot of people are now being forced to use less convenient pharmacies to fill their in-network prescriptions due to Express Scripts (a health care service middleman) failure to renegotiate their contract with Walgreens. 

Walgreens and Express Scripts

Walgreens offered to hold rates flat during negotiations, but Express Scripts insisted on being able to set contract terms, such as what drugs would be considered generic or a name-brand drug.  They also proposed rates to Walgreens that were less than industry average cost to provide each prescription.  Express Scripts clients won’t see a financial benefit by excluding Walgreens from its network – in fact costs may go up!

One of Express Scripts clients is Tricare, which covers America’s military personnel.  In order to try to help our service men and women, Walgreens offered to negotiate separately for Tricare business from other commercial business, but Express Scripts refused to negotiate.  This puts our military people in the middle of the dispute.

So, after making repeated attempts to be flexible and still being rejected, Walgreens is still trying to bend over backwards to help their customers who wish to remain with Walgreens do so.  They are offering a discount on annual memberships to its Prescription Savings Club.  A special promotion for January would allow an individual to buy an annual membership for $5, or $10 for a family membership.  This would allow them to enjoy savings on more than 8,000 brand name and all generic medications. Regular annual membership is $20 for an individual and $35 for a family.

Prescription Savings Club at Walgreens

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