Comments on: Pharma Runs TV Ads For Supportive Lawmakers http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/10/pharma-runs-tv-ads-for-supportive-lawmakers/ News, Comment and Conversation Sun, 21 Mar 2010 02:51:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Anne PME http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/10/pharma-runs-tv-ads-for-supportive-lawmakers/#comment-379316 Anne PME Sun, 26 Oct 2008 13:03:17 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/?p=16928#comment-379316 Rather than subsidizing political campaign advertising, perhaps PhRMA's money would be better spent subsidizing Medicaid prescriber reimbursement rates. Increasing access to Medicaid (i.e. insurance) without ensuring increased access to participating prescribers and dispensers may only serve to make health care access issues worse, particularly in the outpatient setting. It might also make sense to have pharmacy reimbursement formulas that incorporate the need for licensed pharmacists working out of licensed pharmacies... When is the last time that you saw a politician, lobbyist, or licensed attorney working for the same reimbursement rates as a physician or pharmacist who treats Medicaid patients? Probably never... Rather than subsidizing political campaign advertising, perhaps PhRMA’s money would be better spent subsidizing Medicaid prescriber reimbursement rates.

Increasing access to Medicaid (i.e. insurance) without ensuring increased access to participating prescribers and dispensers may only serve to make health care access issues worse, particularly in the outpatient setting.

It might also make sense to have pharmacy reimbursement formulas that incorporate the need for licensed pharmacists working out of licensed pharmacies…

When is the last time that you saw a politician, lobbyist, or licensed attorney working for the same reimbursement rates as a physician or pharmacist who treats Medicaid patients? Probably never…

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