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WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- ThanksUSA, a charitable effort to mobilize Americans to "thank" our active-duty troops through need-based scholarships, recently distributed 150 scholarship letters worth $3,000 each to the spouses and children of active-duty military. Through a $25,000 contribution from the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) Foundation, eight scholarships went specifically to students majoring in pharmacy and related fields. We're honored to help support American's men and women in uniform and their families, as well as America's future generation of pharmacists," said NACDS Foundation President Edith Rosato, R.Ph., IOM.
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Senator Hagan's legislation would help pharmacists help patients, prevent more costly forms of care ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Building on the passage of pharmacy-specific provisions in the new healthcare reform law, the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) and National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) announced their strong endorsement of the Medication Therapy Management Expanded Benefits Act of 2010, authored and introduced by U.S. Senator Kay Hagan (D-NC) today. Senator Al Franken (D-MN) is an original cosponsor of the bill.
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UC pharmacy student wins $2,000 scholarship Mariana Torres, a third-year student at the University of Charleston School of Pharmacy, has received a National Association of Chain Drug Stores Foundation Pharmacy Student Scholarship in the amount of $2,000. More than 450 students competed for various types of NACDS-sponsored scholarships this cycle. Torres is from St. Albans.
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High prescription drug prices are a principal component of health- care inflation, but the federal government appears determined to do as little as possible about them. Congress has failed to mandate negotiations by Medicare with pharmaceutical companies for volume prices akin to those achieved by the Veterans Administration, for example. Generic drugs are a primary means of mitigating high drug costs. Many insurance plans mandate them unless a doctor specifically orders the brand-name equivalent. The Congressional Budget estimates that they save about $10 billion a year for consumers. According to the National Association of Chain Drug Stores, the average retail price of a name-brand prescription in 2006 was $111.02, while the average price of a generic prescription was $32.23. It's ea...
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