Rumors are they will make it mandatory.
I posted on my FB that the DOD MANDATED last March where TRICARE LIFE Ret. Military were forced to buy their daily meds and was challenged. Under a discussion on vaccines. If DOD can mandate where you buy your daily meds they can MANDATE what you have to take all in the name of saving money. It is a cumbersome system. Bottles are over large, shoved in your mail box UNSIGNED FOR. We are not talking cheap drugs. For us those 5 drugs Express Scripts has to provide is $3K for 3 months. The rest we get at the Navy base. Only reason we have to use ES for those 5 is that the is small and only carries a set amount of meds.
ES has a very bad habit of over riding a DR’s DAW for a generic. Some DAW’s are written for a reason. Patient is allergic to generic or the generic does not contain enough of the med portion for ‘small window’ drugs like Synthroid, to be effective. I had sores in my mouth, hair falling out, and heading into a thyroid crisis when my name brand was switched to generic. Plus they have a bad rep for FRAUD.
Do people not do any fact checking any more.
DOD Mandates: TRICARE For Life Begins Notifications for Pharmacy Pilot Program http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=121679
Gardasil mandatory? What a nightmare. I am so sorry for what has happened to your granddaughter.