Comments on: DailyBulletin: To some, drug plan is bitter pill http://inlandpolitics.com/blog/2010/07/26/dailybulletin-to-some-drug-plan-is-bitter-pill/ Politics, Government and Business in Southern California's Inland Empire Tue, 22 May 2012 07:20:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Unwilling...http://inlandpolitics.com/blog/2010/07/26/dailybulletin-to-some-drug-plan-is-bitter-pill/comment-page-1/#comment-27224 Unwilling... Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:52:22 +0000 http://inlandpolitics.com/blog/?p=10360#comment-27224 I was also suspicious at the motivations for this deal. Since when has the County been the least bit interested in saving me money? Have they given me the ability to opt out, completely recoup my cafeteria plan, and go with my spouses insurer? Have the laid off the 2-3 individuals charged with managing my 457 plan (when in all actuality ING does all the work)? Nope, someone on the fifth floor is getting a kickback of some fashion. I was also suspicious at the motivations for this deal. Since when has the County been the least bit interested in saving me money? Have they given me the ability to opt out, completely recoup my cafeteria plan, and go with my spouses insurer? Have the laid off the 2-3 individuals charged with managing my 457 plan (when in all actuality ING does all the work)? Nope, someone on the fifth floor is getting a kickback of some fashion.

]]> By: ME MADhttp://inlandpolitics.com/blog/2010/07/26/dailybulletin-to-some-drug-plan-is-bitter-pill/comment-page-1/#comment-27220 ME MAD Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:46:24 +0000 http://inlandpolitics.com/blog/?p=10360#comment-27220 OK now I am a pissed off county employee. I put up with everything else those elected, appointed or otherwise put in power knuckleheads have thrown our way but this medication issue really has me livid. Why should I have to leave the comfort of using my neighborhood Walgreen's and start using a pharmacy selected by someone else. This just is not right. By the way is this a monopoly? Do anti-trust laws apply here? Is someone expecting to get a kickback from CVS or what? I don't get it why would they do something this stupid. We all pay a co-pay when getting a prescription filled and now they are saying we can only do business with one pharmacy. Sounds to me like they are telling us where we can spend our paychecks. Whats next a company grocery store and script instead of US Dollars? I will be talking with Walgreen's to see what kind of discount they might offer so that I can keep doing business there instead of at CVS. Screw the county they are not going to tell me where I can get my drugs and medications. OK now I am a pissed off county employee. I put up with everything else those elected, appointed or otherwise put in power knuckleheads have thrown our way but this medication issue really has me livid. Why should I have to leave the comfort of using my neighborhood Walgreen’s and start using a pharmacy selected by someone else.

This just is not right. By the way is this a monopoly? Do anti-trust laws apply here? Is someone expecting to get a kickback from CVS or what? I don’t get it why would they do something this stupid.

We all pay a co-pay when getting a prescription filled and now they are saying we can only do business with one pharmacy. Sounds to me like they are telling us where we can spend our paychecks. Whats next a company grocery store and script instead of US Dollars?

I will be talking with Walgreen’s to see what kind of discount they might offer so that I can keep doing business there instead of at CVS. Screw the county they are not going to tell me where I can get my drugs and medications.

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