I started this blog and my Face Book page https://www.facebook.com/PharmacyRouletteYouBetYourLife
in mid-2012. Mostly out of wanting something to do, I was temping in LTC and was not happy with the direction that pharmacy… particularly community chain pharmacy was taking.
I got blind-sided by Walgreen’s Good Faith Policy when it first started in early 2013.. when trying to get my first ever C-II filled at a Walgreen’s that we had patronized for 7-8 yrs and because of all of my wife’s Rxs.. they knew me on sight and all the Pharmacists at this store were also alumni of Butler University.
Luckily, the PIC at the Rite Aid across the street that I had known for 30 yrs.. had no problem with filling that C-II and has filled all of our prescriptions every since. Needless to say, I was pissed and the path of my blog came upon a fork in the road. Having a wife that has been a chronic pain pts for several decades… I understood how Wag’s policy and other that evolved with others… was going to adversely affect those in the chronic pain community. Which did not give me the “warm fuzzies”.
Looking at the larger picture of healthcare.. it soon became apparent that what was going on was like a puzzle who pieces were scattered far and wide.. Many Pharmacists didn’t understand the business law side of everything and pain patients didn’t understand a lot of their rights.
The more readers on my blog… the more things that started showing up in my inbox.. virtually more pieces of the puzzle. As more and more readers realize that send me emails.. that their identity is never divulged… the more emails that I am getting… to the point that this blog is where it is at today because of all those emails.. I could not have dug up all that information on my own.. My blog has – to some extent – taken on a life of its own..
Not everyone is happy with what I post that comes from elsewhere or my opinions.. as one person quoted me today… If you are not pissing someone off.. you are not doing your job.
IMO, the status of our healthcare system is FRAGILE … This applies to Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technician and chronic pain patients. YOU DO NOTHING… YOU GET NOTHING !
Thanks again for all your emails and comments
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