The All New Prescription Savings Club at Walgreens
This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Walgreens for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.
Almost every one of us has shopped at Walgreens before. It might have been for one of their many day to day items or it might have been for a prescription within the Walgreens pharmacy. This is why Walgreens prides itself in becoming friendly and the place for all your shopping needs.
So when I heard that the pharmacy was changing and the partnership between Walgreens and Express Scripts will be ending I became very concerned. Walgreens has announced that they have been trying to work out a new contract to keep Walgreens as part of their pharmacy provide network. Unfortunately a new contract could not reached by the deadline of January 1, 2012. What this means is that Walgreens is no longer a part of the Express Scripts pharmacy network. This includes all Walgreens nationwide as well as Duane Reade Pharmacies in the New York City area.
So how does this affect you? It really is very simple, this means you will be forced to find and purchase your prescriptions somewhere else. Even after you have built a friendship with your local Walgreens and know that in many locations you can make use of their 24 hour service. In short you lose the right to choose who you want to use as your pharmacy because you’re insurance will only work with Express Scripts and they are no longer affiliated with Walgreens. During the negotiations Walgreens was not asking for a price increase. In response Express Scripts wanted to have full control over what constitutes generic and non-generic prescriptions and they wanted to slash Walgreens reimbursement to levels LOWER than industry standards. This is something that would simply not work.
Express Scripts claims that the patients will not notice any price increases, however that is not all true. The truth is that other pharmacies charge more for some prescriptions, while dispensing less generic drugs. Also other pharmacies may not offer 90-day refills which end up being more cost efficient then 30-day refills. This will affect Military families by putting them in the middle. This is because one of Express Scripts clients is Tricare, which is the health and prescription company for the US military and their families. During the negotiations Walgreens offered prices that would match, or be lower than other pharmacies in the Tricare network. Walgreens did this to keep the military and their families from being caught in the middle. Walgreens even offered to contract with Express Scripts and Tricare on commercial business, but Express Scripts refused.
Walgreens wants you to continue being there customer and they are trying to minimize any disruption by offering a special discount on its annual membership for its Prescription Savings Club at Walgreens. An individual can join for $5.00 ($10.00 for a family) and receive savings on up to 8,000 brand name and generic medications. More than 400 are available for a three month supply at only $1.00 per week. Regular membership is $20 for an individual and $35 for a family. This is a huge savings off the regular membership price.
If this really upsets you and you believe you will be affected by this change. Walgreens would like to hear from you, they would like to know and have you to express your opinions by commenting and hitting “Like” within the Walgreens on Facebook or Walgreens on Twitter.
More Activity On Your Website Helps Drives Traffic
The more activities more possible opportunities to the website that I need to put unto it. I would make it to a point to make some effort to make this to happen. I have four website which are the Newhottopics, Life Wonderful, Tech Wink and WebFortuneSuccess . Sometimes I just don’t have enough time to update these all and as much as I love too.
How I wish that I have more time and if would possible I have more than one body & mind to do all the work. But it doesn’t work that way, I just need to manage my time properly so that I can get things done in a timely manner. But I don’t have to complain its better than busy than not doing anything.
Even how busy my life was I make it sure that I still have time in my website to make an update even just a little. The more activity and time to our websites will really help a lot in bringing visitors and opportunities or money to us as well. We will need to be consistent on what we are doing so that we can compete with the other bloggers or websites.
Bringing traffic this is easy to say than done because it takes a lot of effort and time before you can get to the top of the search engine. As much as we love to have more activity or update to our website but this require many talents and knowledge to acquire what we wanted to be in our internet money making goal. This really takes time to have more traffic in our website but once you are there it is really worth your time.
Stay Fit And Win On The Café Well Challenge
This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Cafe Well for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.
As obesity is being spread in our time staying fit, healthy and in shape is on the minds of the world all around us. This is not always easy to do, so Cafe Well has teamed up with HealthAmerica with the “Race to the Moon” contest. This contest rewards each winner with many different prizes as you proceed to different levels in the program or contest.
You could be the winner of one of the two grand prize trips to Hawaii, just for walking to a better you and a better shape. I know you are asking how do I get more information on this contest and how or where do I enter. It is easy, just follow this link to Cafe Well and you will be able to see all the requirements as wells as to be able to enroll in the “Race to the Moon” contest today. You never know you could be one of the grand prize winners.
I just could not believe how easy it was to participate in their Wellness Challenge, you just walk instead of ride. Walk to a better you and a better tomorrow. This alone made the Wellness Challenge the challenge for me. Now it is your time to tell to those in your office to tell about this program and getting in better shape while trying to win one of the great prizes. It is easy, you could start today and have a better tomorrow too.
There are a few eligibility requirements so please take a look at their official rules to see if you qualify. Some of the rules I will list here. ” This Sweepstakes is offered and open only to persons legally residing in one of the following four U.S. States: Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania who received the invitation to participate in the Early Bird Sweepstakes and are at least eighteen (18) years of age on the date of entry in this Sweepstakes and are effective members of HealthAmerica Medical Plan as an individual, or part of a small or mid-market group policy (each an “Entrant”).
Officers, directors and employees of Sponsor, HealthAmerica, Inc., Coventry Health and Life Insurance Company, Marden-Kane, Inc. (“Administrator”), each of their respective parent, subsidiary and affiliated companies, distributors, advertising and promotional agencies, persons engaged in the development, production, distribution of web site and direct marketing materials or prize providers for this Sweepstakes (collectively, the “Sweepstakes Entities”) and the immediate family members (parent, child, sibling, and spouse of each) of and/or persons living in the same household as such individuals (whether related or not) are not eligible to participate. This Sweepstakes is void in all other U.S. States, Puerto Rico, all US territories and possessions, and where prohibited by law. U.S. law governs this Sweepstakes.”
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