Skippack Pharmacy reposted this
"๐ ๐๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ซ๐-๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฒ.ย ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ข๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐๐๐ค ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ง๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ." - CVS Pharmacy ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ซ Those words echoed in my head as one of our long-time patients came in & said they were upset but would like to transfer their scripts to the CVS up the street. The patient has been getting calls & letters from their insurance company encouraging them to switch. ๐โ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ค๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ & ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐โ๐๐๐ ๐โ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ.ย The patient persisted in ignoring the many attempts of steering for years but finally caved in. ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก๐ฒ. In fact, I love it as it encourages us to work harder, push beyond barriers, and strive to be our best. BUT, ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ก๐๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก๐ฒย & unfortunately, this is what has happened when one company is permitted to own a local pharmacy, a mail order pharmacy, a pharmacy benefit manager, and a medical insurance company. ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ก๐๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก๐ฒ. Steering removes patient choice. Steering creates pharmacy desserts. Steering can destroy our healthcare system. As we went to Harrisburg last week to advocate for our patients, one of the State Reps asked, "๐จ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฏ๐๐๐๐ & ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐?" Someone replied, "Yes, it's an issue affecting all of us minus one company. Walgreens is here, grocery store pharmacies are here, and independents are here. The missing seat at the table who isn't here is a pharmacy on an island of its own. They don't want transparency because they have things to hide. They don't want PBM reform because they own a PBM. They don't care about steering because they do it." To the regional manager who called & said we will not succeed in opening Skippack Pharmacy five years ago...we told you then & we tell you now, "๐พ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐." ๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ข๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ค ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ง๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ. The fight for our patients & independence goes on. No matter where you are, please keep making noise! Friends, please let your legislators know that we need #PBMReformNow to #SaveCommunityPharmacies. We need our officials to vote YES to Senate Bill 1000 & House Bill 1993: https://lnkd.in/eYp5sxkJ FTC Chair Lina Khan's recent story: https://lnkd.in/em5R98TQ CVS friends, still love you, just can't stand bullying. cc: National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) | Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association | Federal Trade Commission #Pharmacy #PatientAccess #PBMReform #CommunityPharmacy