Saturday, August 27, 2005
Runaway Pharmacy Costs are Killing TennCare
Take a look at this article, written obviously from a hospital point of view. Regardless, I find Mr. Vonderfecht to be right on the mark here. Rising pharmacy costs, from the people who are funding Hilly boy, are what's killing TennCare.
Pharmacy costs are "the most dangerous [threat] to the TennCare program. Since 2000, the portion of the TennCare budget used to pay pharmacy bills has more than quadrupled from $379 million to $1.6 billion. The number of TennCare prescriptions filled and paid for by taxpayer dollars has tripled."
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Consider this second threat as the most dangerous to the TennCare program. Since 2000, the portion of the TennCare budget used to pay pharmacy bills has more than quadrupled from $379 million to $1.6 billion. The number if TennCare prescriptions filled and paid for by taxpayer dollars has tripled.
As we continue to work with the governor to balance the interests of needy patients, employers, and taxpayers, we also must begin to address the pharmacy “monster” that has driven this program to near extinction.
Wow...you will never, never hear the breakfast-steak brain at the Leitner Pharmaceutical Building mention that during his WPWT morning hate radio rant...
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As we continue to work with the governor to balance the interests of needy patients, employers, and taxpayers, we also must begin to address the pharmacy “monster” that has driven this program to near extinction.
Wow...you will never, never hear the breakfast-steak brain at the Leitner Pharmaceutical Building mention that during his WPWT morning hate radio rant...
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