Express Scripts has sent out an email and a mailer to many patients across our nation stating that their local trusted pharmacy is no longer in network. Many patients could be tricked into thinking the only way that they will be able to get their medications is by risking their lives with mail-order pharmacy.
Per a pharmacist, the letters "are not true. They send out this error every year and refuse to send a correction email or letter. There is no one to hold them accountable.
Imagine your competition having access to your client list perpetually and they can send out these letters at whim with the only repercussion being that they might trick 30% of your clients. Absolutely abysmal.
We are contracted and will continue to be in network for Express Scripts and all the other plans out there."
Per a pharmacist, "Please disregard or better yet, call your congressman and complain about these predatory and anti-competitive behaviors that when it happens once, can be written off as an “error” but when it continually happens, it’s intentional."
Please care enough to get involved. At some point, every person will need medications. Mail-order pharmacy isn't the safest way for patients to receive their medications, and patients deserve safe access to their trusted pharmacists in their coverage. Pharmacy benefit managers like Express Scripts are creating pharmacy deserts and a public health threat as their anti-competitive practices cause America's trusted pharmacies to close across our nation. This must stop. The entire healthcare system is being harmed due to these unethical acts and unsafe access to life-saving medications.
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