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I'm a pharmacist with over 17 years of retail pharmacy experience. I've seen first hand how detrimental and dangerous PBMs are to patient care. They can deny life-saving patient care based on numbers, even if it is a medication that the patient has been on for years; they can and will change their formularies to serve themselves instead of the patient.
Additionally, forcing patients to use in network pharmacies can really limit patient's options in pharmacies. Preferred retail chains like CVS and Walgreens are also set to close hundreds of stores nationwide which could further limit patient's accessibility to reliable pharmacy care; particularly if they live in rural areas. This can lead to further delays in treatment and access to life saving medications.
Patient's should always have a choice when it comes to their care; small independent pharmacies are able to provide personalized patient care and treat patients like people, not numbers like PBMs do.
Casey supported: Oppose Maryland Senate Bill SB306 to Support Injured WorkersI have been a Maryland resident my entire life. For the past 19 years, I have been a dedicated and hardworking employee of a public safety company in Maryland.
Unfortunately, I faced a significant challenge when I was injured on the job. Despite this setback, I am still dedicated and determined to do my job. Currently, I am utilizing the services of RescueMeds an Independent Pharmacy, to obtain my doctor’s prescribed prescription medications. I would like to say, “Say No to Senate Bill 306”. While using RescueMeds, I have a choice of what day I would like for my prescription medications to be delivered, and it doesn’t take a week to get it. This is a very beneficial service for me, being I am in the office Monday through Thursday and being home on Friday allows me the opportunity to have my package delivered and me signing for it. I find it disturbing that Legislation wants to take away small Independent Pharmacies. Not only is it important to have any day for delivery, but it also cuts down on the cost of workers' compensation prescription medications.
I am asking the Maryland Senate, DON’T do away with our Independent Pharmacies. Senate Bill 306 will cost more for our counties and taxpayers, and what about the individuals who are on Medicare and Medicaid, they can’t afford to pay more for prescription drugs.
Sharon supported: Oppose Maryland Senate Bill SB306 to Support Injured WorkersI have an Autistic daughter. She will run off and even if you tell her to stop she will not stop. If you grab at her she will recoil or possibly even push you away with one arm and say no.
Her only chance if she encounters a police officer is either that she is still very young, the officer doesn’t attack because she is a girl, or the officer is properly trained and never jumps straight to action.
I can’t even put myself in my friends shoes. Both his son and daughter are autistic and like my daughter it’s bad. They are both non compliant. So he has a boy that is dark skinned and at some point that boy is going to be tall and teenage. I’m worried about cops attacking my daughter especially after seeing that cop who body slammed that 100LB teen into concrete with no provocation. It’s worse for men and it’s worse for dark skinned people.
William supported: Mandatory Autism & Mental Health Training for First Responders, Educators & ResourcesMy son has autism and was taken advantage of and used by druggies. Yet he's paying the excessive price. They wanted to send him to state mental hospital, very bad place to restore him to prosecute. I threw a fit telling them he's not insane, he's autistic! The court sentenced him with 2 felonies. For someone with the mental capacity of approximately 16 socially and elementary in comprehension, reading and writing. I felt it was excessive for someone with autism. I truly believe autistic people are really smarter and highly intelligent and lifted. However, it's trapped inside them, making communication very difficult for them. The judge should have shown some compassion but didn't. He's still on probation and none of the probation officers know anything about special needs or autism. It was shameful and disgusting to witness as his mother. I will never give up on him. He's finally getting help in developmental disability program but Medicaid makes the process extremely difficult to get him the help with living skills he desperately needs. This young man is going far if we can just keep these druggies and freeloaders from taking advantage of and manipulating him. He was almost off welfare when he met this bad person who got him into soo much trouble. It breaks my heart he's doesn't understand when someone is using him or manipulating and taking advantage of him.
From a loving autistic mom.
Kelley supported: Mandatory Autism & Mental Health Training for First Responders, Educators & ResourcesThis petition is dear to my heart one of my pediatric patients was Autistic non-verbal
Tanya supported: Mandatory Autism & Mental Health Training for First Responders, Educators & ResourcesI personally have watch people be treated poorly by bad cops on a couple different forces. I have personally had things happen. It's disheartening. I've never been in trouble and I'm 49 years old. These are things that are hard to get over, and create distrust for our first responders.
Deena supported: Mandatory Autism & Mental Health Training for First Responders, Educators & ResourcesSo many are negatively impacted by the results of untrained first-responders when dealing with Autism spectrum and mental health issues. Proper Training saves lives, it provides education for the ever-growing issues plaguing our communities. This can also boost financial support for programs endeavoring to help those in need. This is a no-brainer, let's work together for the greater good of our world!
Melanie supported: Mandatory Autism & Mental Health Training for First Responders, Educators & ResourcesThis breaks my heart, I am an RBT. I work with individuals with disabilities like autism and there needs to be better awareness of these things when police are preforming any sort of action towards another individual.
Hannah supported: Mandatory Autism & Mental Health Training for First Responders, Educators & ResourcesI'm a high school special education teacher. I teach kids with autism, some of who are high functioning and capable of getting their drivers license. This normally is a source of pride for me, but with incidences like this, where police stops appear unwarranted, or where police use unnecessary force, or police use intimidation and tactics disproportionate to the reason for detainment, the thought of my student's driving and being pulled over, scares the crap out of me. Not only do all first responders need training on recognizing when a person has a mental health issue and the best way to help them, we need to make all law enforcement officers aware of the fact that their execution of routine traffic stops can escalate or deescalate a situation with a person with autism before they even get out of the car. I'm sure every force has their own set of protocols they follow when addressing traffic violators, but using 3 and 4 police cars with lights flashing and sirens blaring to pull over someone with a tail light out, for example, is totally unnecessary and if that person has autism, it can be disastrous. When a driver has no idea why they are being pulled over, being stopped by every black and white on duty that night can be unsettling and confusing. Now, if that driver is on the spectrum, that confusion can quickly turn to fear and that fear can devolve into defiance and self-preservation. And an untrained police officer would react like they normally would when dealing with a driver exhibiting those behaviors, and treat them as a threat. An excessive and unnecessary show of force has the potential to derail a routine traffic stop with a person with autism because of their sensitivity to lights and sound. This training might not have an effect on those who seem to enjoy wielding their position like a weapon, but maybe it can show everyone else how to not just deescalate a situation involving someone with autism or mental illness, but how to prevent the situation from going off the rails in the first place.
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