Walgreens in Washington State will no longer accept Medicaid. We tried to tell you but would you listen? Oh noooooooooooooooooo !!

Think we are kidding about increased costs and reduced services ?? Take a look at this headline/article from the Seattle Times:

Effective April 16, Walgreens drugstores across the state won't take any new Medicaid patients, saying that filling their prescriptions is a money-losing proposition — the latest development in an ongoing dispute over Medicaid reimbursement.

The company, which operates 121 stores in the state, will continue filling Medicaid prescriptions for current patients.

In a news release, Walgreens said its decision to not take new Medicaid patients stemmed from a "continued reduction in reimbursement" under the state's Medicaid program, which reimburses it at less than the break-even point for 95 percent of brand-name medications dispensed to Medicaid patents.

Walgreens follows Bartell Drugs, which stopped taking new Medicaid patients last month at all 57 of its stores in Washington, though it still fills Medicaid prescriptions for existing customers at all but 15 of those stores. end of text.

There is no magic wand. If you want to cut cost or keep cost down, you have to insure fewer people or reduce services or refuse to pay accepted medical fees. Cost will go up. Services will go down. And you will have no choice but to go with the flow or pay a fine or go to jail. We must never forget what the Dems are doing at this time -- whether they pull it off or not --- jds.

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