John Bos to Paul Boyer: Rx crisis a national issue, with STRS retirees leading the pack

From John Bos, November 3, 2006

Subject: Re: drugs

Paul,

Meijer is already selling the same prescriptions as Walmart for FREE!

Caremark is NOT an honest company. We all know that. It will be very interesting to see if STRS again selects a company that is not 100% transparent.

This is another example where the STRS Board (based on my information) gave authorization for Dr. Asbury to select the best provider with very little or no information what was in the contract. According to information on the internet, Caremark has one of the lowest ethics of any company that operates in the USA. Unfortunately, the STRS staff has not recognized the problem. Perhaps they would be more receptive if they would use Caremark and learn about the problems with their daily personal experiences.

We, the retirees of STRS are being taken to the barnyard with high co-payment, drug pricing, and poor service. The prescription crisis is a national issue, but the retirees of STRS are leading the pack!!!!

My mind will never change on Caremark. We can only hope that CVS brings a higher ethical standard to the table for the next 12 months. I do not believe that this will happen in a brief period of time.

John Bos