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Rx News | May 2, 2014
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National CooperativeRx

 

National CooperativeRx Annual Meeting
May 1-2, 2014
The Chula Vista
Wisconsin Dells, WI

The Alliance Annual Seminar
May 6, 2014
The Monona Terrace
Madison, WI

 

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

Coalition News
 
Cooperative Annual Meeting
- 10 Year Anniversary -

  

Today National CooperativeRx is celebrating the cooperative's 10 Year Anniversary in Wisconsin Dells, WI with many of our members and their agents.  We are proud and grateful to have made it this far, and we look forward to celebrating many more decades in the future.

 

Without our members and the partnerships we hold with their agents, we wouldn't be here.  We are thankful to them for being a part of the cooperative.

 

Our office will be closed for the day, and we will resume normal business hours beginning Monday, May 5.

 

 

 

 
News You Can Use
Fox News.  Researchers have linked Type 2 diabetes to brain degeneration.  Using MRIs, it was discovered that on average, for every 10 years a person has diabetes, their brain ages 2 years more than a person without the disease.  (Kwan, 4/29)   Full Story  
 
HealthDay.  A vaccine is being created for a new strand of bird flu, H7N9.  Some people in China fell ill after coming into contact with infected birds last year.  While it isn't expected to become pandemic, the US wants to be prepared.  (Reinberg, 4/30)  Full Story

Industry News
Reuters.  34% of US adults (72M) take both supplements and prescription drugs.  Study authors "found this 'concerning' because some herbal supplements are known to alter the way the liver metabolizes drugs, and can increase or weaken the potency of a medication."  (Jegtvig, 4/29)  Full Story    
 
Bloomberg.  Consumers spending money on health services rose 9.9%, likely a result from Obamacare.  This is the biggest leap in health care spending since 1980.  More than 8M people signed up for health care under the new insurance exchanges.  (Wayne, 4/30)  Full Story

Health Policy Matters
CNN.  The World Health Organization is stating that antibiotic resistance is now a reality being observed worldwide.  For example, there are at least 10 countries in which gonorrhea is untreatable by any antibiotic.  In the US it is estimated that 23K people are dying each year because they get an infection that can no longer be cured by antibiotics.   (4/30)    Full Story 

Kaiser Health News.  This article, produced by Kaiser Health News and USA Today, addresses 5 common misconceptions regarding health care and the facts surrounding it.  The first misconception debates whether or not the US had a free market health care system before Obamacare.  Click into the article for more information.  (Hancock, 4/30)   Full Story