Independent Pharmacists Fight Discriminatory Health Plans
The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/independent-pharmacists-fight-discriminatory-health-plans/Pennsylvania pharmacists are up in arms over a new health plan for state workers that bars them from filling prescriptions at locally owned drugstores, requiring instead that they use Rite Aid or a mail order service.
The plan is run by a pharmacy benefit management company (PBM), which the state says will reduce costs by negotiating lower drug prices. In exchange, employees must accept restrictions on where they fill their prescriptions.

