Patients Take More Power Over Prescription Decisions (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) The results of a new Pharma Insight study released today by Wolters Kluwer Pharma Solutions, Inc., a leading provider of scientific information and analytics to the pharmaceutical and biotech fields, is not exactly what the doctor ordered. Â The company's annual analysis of the U.S. pharma market suggests that the economy has led to increased patient participation in decisions about prescription ....
Calif. Prison Receiver Wants Ill Inmates Released (CBS 5 Bay Area) The federal receiver who runs California's prison health care system said Tuesday he will ask state lawmakers to approve four bills to control spiraling costs — including proposals to restrict prisons' use of prescription drugs and outside medical specialists and to parole the sickest and costliest inmates. J. Clark Kelso is set to announce the plan Wednesday amid calls from Gov. Arnold ....
Lawmakers believe they have a plan to prevent cuts to disabilities (WCBD-TV Charleston) South Carolina lawmakers have approved plans that would avoid all cuts in health and medical programs. With a 96-6 vote Monday, the House approved a measure that uses $173.6 million in federal Medicaid money to eliminate planned reductions for the Department of Disabilities and Special Needs, prescription drugs and other programs..
Montana Gov. Seeks To Buy State's Prescription Drugs From Canada; Settlement Reached For Ground Zero Workers (Medical News Today) "Gov. Brian Schweitzer [D-Mont.] said Thursday that he is seeking federal permission to import cheaper drugs from Canada for use in state insurance programs," The Associated Press/The New York Times reports. "Schweitzer said he thinks the move could chop 40 percent off the $100 million the state spends each year on prescription drugs for Medicaid, the children's health insurance program, state ....
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 (The Nassau Guardian) The launch of the National Prescription Drug Plan, scheduled for the end of the month, has been pushed back to the middle of the year, said Director of the National Insurance Board Algernon Cargill yesterday..
By Marcia Love (Maple Creek Times) By the end of the summer, residents of Saskatchewan will see an improvement to the provision of prescription medication from their pharmacist. Health Minister Don McMorris announced on March 3 a plan to expand prescribing authority for pharmacists throughout the province..
Details of the health care overhaul plan (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats are pulling together a final version of a health care overhaul bill and pushing for House votes as early as this week. Democrats are awaiting cost assessments from the Congressional Budget Office that will allow them to finish details..
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FL, LA, ND, OK, SC, SD and TX residents: Member shall receive a full refund of membership fees, excluding registration fee, if membership is cancelled within the first 30 days after the effective date. AR and TN residents: A refund of all fees will be issued if membership is cancelled within the first 30 days. MD Residents: The membership fee and one-time registration fee (minus $5.00) will be refunded if cancelled within the first 30 days and upon return of the discount card. WA residents: If a member cancels his or her membership in the discount plan organization within the first thirty days after the date of receipt of the written documents for the discount plan, the member must receive a reimbursement of all periodic charges upon return of the discount plan card to the discount plan organization.
1. (A) Cancellation occurs when notice of cancellation is given to the discount plan organization.(B) Notice of cancellation is given when delivered by hand or deposited in a mailbox, properly addressed and postage prepaid to the mailing address of the discount plan organization, or e-mailed to the e-mail address of the discount plan organization.
2. (A) discount plan organization shall return in full any periodic charge charged or collected after the member has given the discount plan organization notice of cancellation.(B) If the discount plan organization cancels a membership for any reason other than nonpayment of charges by the member, the discount plan organization shall make a pro rata reimbursement of all periodic charges to the member.
If the member remains dissatisfied after completing the organization's complaint system, the plan member may contact the office of the insurance commissioner.
