Reprint Original Email
From: Rob Standridge
Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011
4:09 PM
To: Brett
Thomas
Subject: RE:
OSEEGIB
Brett,
I am disappointed in
hearing this. I honestly don't get the logic of sending
hundreds of millions of
dollars of business outside of Oklahoma to
multi-billion dollar corporations to
save a supposed 8 or 9 million dollars.
There is obviously more to this than
meets the eye as I know the small
business of pharmacy in our state has put
forth a plan that will save at least
double of the Medco
plan.
I know pharmacy like
the back of my hand and I can promise you that this
is neither good for the
small businesses of pharmacy in our state or our
valued state employees. The
only winner in this is a mega out of state
corporation that is intent on closing
the doors on all independently
owned pharmacies.
Again, I am stunned
and disappointed that the governor thinks so little
of the professional services
provided by community pharmacists and
equates what pharmacists do with rooms
full of robots in a warehouse
on the east coast. Many of my colleagues will face
the real danger of
going out of business as a result of this short sighted move,
and some
absolutely will go out of business.
Surely someone within
your administration sees the value of community
pharmacists and realizes that
our state employees should be able to
continue to get their pharmacy healthcare
from their local trusted
community pharmacists. Personally I tire of this
process of continually
attacking community pharmacy as if we are the cause of
budget short
falls, when in reality we are simply the easiest target.
You mention these
meetings in July and August so I would respectfully
request that you to let me
know what community pharmacists were
invited to these meetings as surely we are
a stakeholder in these
discussions. If the answer is none, I believe this
demonstrates that even
though the pharmacy portion of our state’s health
services budget
according to my understanding was under budget, OSSEGIB targeted
pharmacy because they knew we would rollover and that no one, not
even our small
business advocate governor’s office, would stand up
for us.
Please tell me the
governor will ask OSEEGIB to take another look at
this to save the few remaining
locally owned small businesses of
pharmacy around our state.
Sincerely,
Rob
Standridge
Reprint Original Email
From: Rob Standridge
Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011
4:09 PM
To: Brett
Thomas
Subject: RE:
OSEEGIB
Brett,
I am disappointed in
hearing this. I honestly don't get the logic of sending
hundreds of millions of
dollars of business outside of Oklahoma to
multi-billion dollar corporations to
save a supposed 8 or 9 million dollars.
There is obviously more to this than
meets the eye as I know the small
business of pharmacy in our state has put
forth a plan that will save at least
double of the Medco
plan.
I know pharmacy like
the back of my hand and I can promise you that this
is neither good for the
small businesses of pharmacy in our state or our
valued state employees. The
only winner in this is a mega out of state
corporation that is intent on closing
the doors on all independently
owned pharmacies.
Again, I am stunned
and disappointed that the governor thinks so little
of the professional services
provided by community pharmacists and
equates what pharmacists do with rooms
full of robots in a warehouse
on the east coast. Many of my colleagues will face
the real danger of
going out of business as a result of this short sighted move,
and some
absolutely will go out of business.
Surely someone within
your administration sees the value of community
pharmacists and realizes that
our state employees should be able to
continue to get their pharmacy healthcare
from their local trusted
community pharmacists. Personally I tire of this
process of continually
attacking community pharmacy as if we are the cause of
budget short
falls, when in reality we are simply the easiest target.
You mention these
meetings in July and August so I would respectfully
request that you to let me
know what community pharmacists were
invited to these meetings as surely we are
a stakeholder in these
discussions. If the answer is none, I believe this
demonstrates that even
though the pharmacy portion of our state’s health
services budget
according to my understanding was under budget, OSSEGIB targeted
pharmacy because they knew we would rollover and that no one, not
even our small
business advocate governor’s office, would stand up
for us.
Please tell me the
governor will ask OSEEGIB to take another look at
this to save the few remaining
locally owned small businesses of
pharmacy around our state.
Sincerely,
Rob
Standridge