tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367019700923216960.post5158245949649477087..comments2024-01-17T13:19:24.071-06:00Comments on Salvation And Survival: A Foretaste Of ObamaCarePam Kohlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00678673505358164380noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367019700923216960.post-36628921359804429652012-11-30T05:45:38.242-06:002012-11-30T05:45:38.242-06:00I have decided to continue to do business with the...I have decided to continue to do business with the small locally-owned pharmacy -- and pay more than was at Walmart --- because I'd rather absorb the cost above my insurance and keep them in business. Between the government and the big chains, they don't stand a chance unless we support them. BTW, my nurse at my doctor's office showed amazing restraint in dealing with this situation; better than I did!Pam Kohlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00678673505358164380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367019700923216960.post-41491951776202110722012-11-29T19:25:09.240-06:002012-11-29T19:25:09.240-06:00Your blog is spot on! Working in the doctor's...Your blog is spot on! Working in the doctor's office end of this subject, I experience this on a daily basis. We send in a request for a refill, either by phone, fax and now mostly by e-prescription. We get a call from a patient..."they said you didn't send anything in". We double check. We did. And of course with electronic records, you would think none of this would happen. It does. All the time. It's a very transparent system, anyone in the office can look up a chart and see if the medication was sent in or not. The pharmacy says "oh, we never got it". And yes it is usually the big chain pharmacies. I much more prefer dealing with the small local pharmacies, even if something hasn't been done either on our end or their end, we can narrow it down and find out where the error is and get it corrected much more quickly. And yes it will get worse, no question about it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367019700923216960.post-87909850658595219092012-11-29T10:04:29.343-06:002012-11-29T10:04:29.343-06:00That is exactly what I've decided to do. As a...That is exactly what I've decided to do. As a small business owner myself (with my husband's art business) I am paying exorbitant insurance premiums for the two of us, but i have decided to pay the extra money out of my own pocket to the local pharmacy. Because if he goes out of business, I will be forced to deal with the Walmarts of the world. We small businesses need to stick together! Pam Kohlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00678673505358164380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367019700923216960.post-9325230848279590062012-11-29T09:50:22.361-06:002012-11-29T09:50:22.361-06:00This is exactly why I do my business with the loca...This is exactly why I do my business with the locally owned pharmacy, hardware store, etc. whenever possible. Even if they charge a little more, I usually make up for the difference in gas saved and peace of mind. The local owners are appreciative of my business and they know me and my family by name. Our family has owned several small businesses over the years, and I know how much we appreciated the business from our customers, and how many of them grew to feel like close friends over the years. The megastores will never care if we give them our business or not, and the employee turnover is so great that they probably will never know our names or faces.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com