We Don't Take Medicaid Here!!!!!!

Walgreens Pharmacies in the State of Washington will stop taking new Medicaid prescription customers effective April 16. And why you ask?

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.

But not to fear; the state is not worried......see below

Doug Porter, the state's director of Medicaid, said Medicaid recipients should be able to readily find another pharmacy because "we have many more pharmacy providers in our network than we need" for the state's 1 million Medicaid clients.

Will those Pharmacy's be conveniently located? Will every town have one? How long will they take a loss on Medicaid?

Welcome to the future of Socialized, Government controlled medicine where costs are not reduced, rather care is rationed to the provider willing to take the lowest profit margin which will lead to lower quality service.