One of the state’s leading pro-choice organizations has issued a Web-based, interactive map that shows which pharmacies in Washington either don’t stock or refuse to provide customers with an emergency contraceptive drug known as Plan B.
%26#183; See NARAL’s interactive map of pharmacies in the state.
“I was astounded at how many,” said Karen Cooper, executive [...]
Low- and moderate-income families with no prescription drug coverage may qualify for a discount card to reduce the cost of medications.
Together RX Access is designed to help individuals and families who are not eligible for Medicare by providing discounts on more than 300 brand-name and [...]
Lansley said few pharmacies had delivered the extra services and the companies controlling them had ignored the profit cap. A parliamentary answer showed the excess profit was %26pound;300m in 2005-6 and %26pound;511m in 2006-7.”Alan Johnson has been complaining about a lack of generic prescribing [allowing GPs to specify branded drugs] costing the NHS %26pound;200m. But [...]
The impact on the sustainability of communities should be called into question as well as social issues if the transport links to local services are centralised. The impact on carers, families, and the vulnerable sections of the community is also an issue.Local access to primary care for patients, carers, and the public, and training and [...]
