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Upcoming Events featuring
National CooperativeRx
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Mid-Sized Retirement & Healthcare Plan Management Conference
September 9-12, 2012
Las Vegas, NV
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RASHRM Annual Conference
October 16, 2012
Rockford, IL
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National CooperativeRx is a not-for-profit coalition founded and owned by plan sponsors to achieve higher value prescription benefits through volume purchasing, clinical solutions, actionable data and unparalleled customer service. For your sales and marketing needs, please contact us at 866-679-9479, extension 223
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Good Food on a Tight Budget
Looking for ways to encourage healthy eating among your participants? The Environmental Working Group has the site for you. The group has assessed nearly 1,200 foods and hand-picked the best 100 or so that pack in nutrients at a good price, with the fewest pesticides, contaminants and artificial ingredients.
The site provides a free Healthy Eating guide that can be printed off, complete with budgeting advice, easy recipes, and information on the least expensive - yet nutritious - foods in each food group.
For more information, click here.
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The Huffington Post. Drug coupons remain an issue with many drug benefits plans. Since a generic version of Lipitor was released, 85% of patients using the statin have gone generic. It's estimated that number would be higher without the drug coupons which allow patients to buy the drug for as low as $4 per prescription. Pfizer now has 5 additional drugs with coupons: breast cancer pill Aromasin, antidepressant Effexor XR, bipolar disorder treatment Geodon, Revatio for high blood pressure and Caduet, which combines Lipitor with blood pressure medicine Norvasc. (Johnson, 8/20) Full story
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Detroit Free Press. Looking for an updated list of the drugs that have gone generic this year, along with those expected to go generic by 2014? Click into this article. (Elejalde-Ruiz, 8/19) Full story
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Philadelphia Inquirer. For people with hard-to-treat asthma, the drug mepolizumab might be for them. Using naturally occurring human antibodies that are genetically altered in a laboratory, the drug may reduce asthma outbreaks by 50%. (Reinberg, 8/17) Full Story
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Boston Globe. Is a new drug treatment for Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) the next blockbuster drug? The FDA will review the new drug linaclotide in the near future. Experts predict that if the drug is approved, it could generate over $1B within the decade and $3.8B before it goes off patent in 2027. (Weisman, 8/19) Full Story
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Kaiser Health News. This writer attempts to answer Medicare questions, such as "Romney and other Republicans over the past two years have criticized President Barack Obama and Democrats for cutting $500 billion from the Medicare program over the next decade as part of the 2010 health care law. In the past couple of weeks, the number that Romney is using has grown to $716 billion? Which is right?" Click in for the full article. (Carey, 8/17) Full Story
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Health News Digest. The Affordable Care Act, which took effect in 2010, has saved $4.1B for almost 5.4 million seniors and people with disabilities. In attempt to prevent people from getting sick and costing more money later on, the health care law has provided access to many free preventive services such as an annual wellness visit. (8/20) Full Story
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