For four years, Kathryn Jackson has been filling prescriptions at her local pharmacy with no problems. But this month, Jackson and other Kaiser Permanente customers with prescriptions for maintenance medications received notice from the company they would need to switch to the company’s own mail-order pharmacy for refills if they wanted their prescriptions covered.
The Hague Pharmacy at Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters closed abruptly on Wednesday after its lease was terminated, leaving patients confused and worried about how they’ll get needed medications.
Under President Biden’s prescription drug law, drug companies will pay rebates to the federal government for raising prescription drug prices faster than the rate of inflation.
A rectal suppository isn’t a prescription most people want to fill. Even worse, having to do it twice in one go. Tyler Brisso, a fourth-year pharmacy student and Methodist employee, created a solution where both the patient and pharmacy benefit.
A rejuvenated program at Washington State University highlights a continuing problem with the American health care system — a lack of services in rural areas.