[lbo-talk] Wal-Mart & Part D

Marta Russell ap888 at lafn.org
Fri Mar 17 14:36:44 PST 2006


On Mar 17, 2006, at 2:23 PM, Doug Henwood wrote:


> Marta Russell wrote:
>
>
>> I heard from a friend who said that a pharmacist in Mississippi
>> told him that small pharmacies are going out of business there
>> because of Part D. The feds aren't paying them for drugs in a
>> timely manner so they must put out more money than they can afford.
>>
>
> There was a piece about this in the NYT the other day. Some Texas
> pharamacists had a sit-down with Rove over the issue. This scheme
> isn't playing out like the Reps had hoped.
>
> Doug

If we push for Medicare for All as some think is the best way to achieve universal healthcare then the Medicare slow payment crap has got to be dealt with. Lots of doctors won't fool with Medicare at all these days.

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