Archive for July, 2008
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Going On Vacation
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I am checking out on vacation for a week. I don’t expect to be doing any blogging. I will try to catch up when I return.
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Going On Vacation
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I am checking out on vacation for a week. I don’t expect to be doing any blogging. I will try to catch up when I return.
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Gas Prices Helping PBMs
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Unfortunately, the WSJ Health Blog beat me to it, but I think it’s an interesting perspective that apparently David Snow (CEO of Medco) talked about. High gas prices cause people to reconsider things…like driving to the pharmacy or paying for brand drugs. That would mean that mail order penetration should go up and people should […]
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Traveling With Autistic Kids
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After the incident a few weeks ago when a mother was kicked off a plane since her autistic child was uncontrollably upset, I was glad to see the article in USA Today about this challenge. It has some helpful information such as the fact that 1 in 150 kids have autism and 1 in […]
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Cell Phones and Cancer…Cautious?
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In another confusing story to us the public, everyone has picked up the story about the head of a prominent cancer research agency telling the employees to limit their mobile phone usage.
“Really at the heart of my concern is that we shouldn’t wait for a definitive study to come out, but err on the side […]
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Love What You Do
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We had an annual company event today, and I must admit that all day long I kept thinking about when can I get back to my hotel to work on several ideas that I have and get a couple of deliverables out the door. Not that I wasn’t having fun since it was one of […]
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Love What You Do
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We had an annual company event today, and I must admit that all day long I kept thinking about when can I get back to my hotel to work on several ideas that I have and get a couple of deliverables out the door. Not that I wasn’t having fun since it was one of […]
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Keep The Change
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I was listening to an advertisement for Bank of America’s Keep the Change program this afternoon and found it to be very interesting. Essentially, every purchase you make with your debit card gets rounded up and the difference put into savings. For example, if you spend $3.43, they bill you $4.00 and put $0.57 in […]
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Keep The Change
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I was listening to an advertisement for Bank of America’s Keep the Change program this afternoon and found it to be very interesting. Essentially, every purchase you make with your debit card gets rounded up and the difference put into savings. For example, if you spend $3.43, they bill you $4.00 and put $0.57 in […]
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New Drug Trend Blog
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In a new blog called DrugTrendsToday by DestinationRx, you can find some good initial posts and some good data such as the following on generic Zocor (aka simvastatin). What this shows you (that I have blogged about before) is the massive difference between AWP and actual cost for a generic. In this case, the AWP […]
