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Mar 19 2024
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Oconee Blotter: Motorist driving wrong way on the loop says it was a mistake. Deputy says DUI.
The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office reported the following incidents: SHOPLIFTERS CAUGHT: On March 5, Deputy Bill Reynolds was dispatched to Walmart, where a loss prevention officer had detained two Peachtree City women, ages 54 and 19, for shoplifting. One woman was riding a mobile cart while they proceeded to put food items and pharmacy products into their purses. As they were leaving, they
Athens Banner-HeraldMar 18 2024
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A Utah family saw a prescription go from $30 to $3,500 each month. They’re not alone.
In early 2019, Jennifer Hepworth and her husband were stunned by a large bill they unexpectedly received for their daughter’s prescription cystic fibrosis medication. Their payment had risen to $3,500 from the usual $30 for a month’s supply. That must be a mistake, she told the pharmacy. But it wasn’t. It turned out that the health insurance plan through her husband’s job had a new program in
The Salt Lake TribuneMar 01 2024
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CVS and Walgreens Will Begin Selling Abortion Pills This Month
The two largest pharmacy chains in the United States will start dispensing the abortion pill mifepristone this month, a step that could make access easier for some patients.
Officials at CVS and Walgreens said in interviews on Friday that they had received certification to dispense mifepristone under guidelines that the Food and Drug Administration issued last year. The chains plan to
New York Times (News)Mar 19 2024
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Wisconsin announces over-the-counter birth control pill access for Medicaid patients
• Medicaid recipients in Wisconsin gained access to the first over-the-counter birth control pill on Tuesday. • This initiative enables recipients to obtain contraceptive medication without out-of-pocket costs or a doctor's prescription. • Opill will initially be accessible in select Medicaid-enrolled pharmacies, with a gradual expansion planned over the following weeks. Medicaid recipients in
Fox News DigitalMar 16 2024
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U.S. Senator Marshall, colleagues urge Senate Leadership to act to reduce prescription drug prices
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-KS) and his colleagues are urging Senate Leadership to act immediately to reduce prescription drug prices. According to the Office of Senator Marshall, he, along with a group of bipartisan Senators, sent a letter to Senate Leadership urging immediate action on reforming pharmacy benefit managers (PBM) to reduce the cost of prescription
WIBW 13Mar 15 2024
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Fairfield Community Health Center Opens Its Doors
FAIRFIELD, IL. (WEHT) — After nearly a year of construction, Southern Illinois has a new community health center. Officials say Fairfield Community Health Center’s doors are open to everyone, including those without medical insurance. The center offers dental and behavioral health services, and houses its own pharmacy. “We discount those medications for them. Obviously, all the medical care in
WEHT/WTVWMar 01 2024
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CVS and Walgreens to Begin Selling Abortion Pills in Stores
Pharmacy chains CVS and Walgreens will begin selling mifepristone, an abortifacient drug, in stores in certain states in late March.
CVS will make the pill available in all its pharmacies in Massachusetts and Rhode Island this month, while Walgreens will sell mifepristone in a small number of storefronts in California, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, and Pennsylvania, the New York
National Review (News)Mar 15 2024
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Valley medical clinics, pharmacists grappling with nationwide cyberattack
PHOENIX — A cyberattack in late February is still causing problems for clinics and pharmacies all over the Valley. Medical providers are telling ABC15 they have never seen anything like this before as hackers wreak havoc on the healthcare industry nationwide. Hackers infiltrated United Health Group Inc.’s technology company Change Healthcare, which transmits data between providers and
ABC 15 ArizonaMar 14 2024
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Service restored to company hit by Medicaid payment processing hack
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - Vermonters who were forced to pay out of pocket for care and prescriptions that Medicaid covers are finally seeing some relief. A massive cyberattack on UnitedHealth Group and Change Healthcare, a medical payment processor, knocked out services for three weeks. But United said Thursday that it is finally back online. However, Vermont officials said Wednesday they
WCAX 3Nov 02 2022
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Pharmacies Agree to Pay $13.8 Billion in Opioid Lawsuit Settlements
CVS, Walmart and Walgreens have tentatively agreed to pay about $13.8 billion to resolve state opioid suits, according to reports across the political spectrum.
Key Quotes: The settlements with the pharmacies "will bring billions of additional dollars to communities that are desperate for funds to combat the epidemic" of opioid addiction, said Paul Geller, one of the lawyers who
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