Be Sure this gets passed on to your Military friends.
I personally will be boycotting Walgreen’s. We are retired Navy. This is just the first shoe to drop in 0’care. As each new drug store’s chain comes up for contract renewal they too will be dropping Tricare.
For those of you not familiar with Tricare it is the secondary ins for over 65 retired Military, and it covers the medicines we take as well as the doctor and hospital costs after Medicare.
Remember please that Tricare is administered out of the Medicare offices.
Walgreens to Drop TRICARE?
military.com/military-report/walgreens-to-drop-tricare
It sounds more like a business decision, than one against the military. The payor--in this case, the government--is welching on paying a reasonable and customary charge.
Why boycott the pharmacy. The government wants them to provide your medicines for a loss or pennies. When you live off the government you get what they say you get. So far they have not got the power the force others to provide it to you for free. I see Medicare patients being in a very bad place in a few years. There will be few providers to provide all that “FREE” health care.
GailA: “I personally will be boycotting Walgreen’s.”
I’m a retiree, and I’ll support Walgreens even more. They are in business to make money, not lose it by selling stuff at a loss. This might be a good time to pick up some of their stock.
If you want to blame someone, blame the idiots in DC. You see, they keep making promises they can’t deliver. Oh, we’ll still have Tricare, just good luck finding anyone willing to take it. Tricare reimbursement rates are a JOKE.
I will now be “dropping” Walgreens! Things are reaching a tipping point in a hurry!
so...they should operate at a loss? Better to boycott Obama and Katleen Sibelius.