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What's the story with the pharmacies not dispensing to medical card patients?

  • 04-07-2009 05:42PM
    #1
    tallaght01
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,778 ✭✭✭


    Apologies if this is common knowledge. But I'm on oz, so have just seen bits and pieces about this.

    What's happening? And why?

    The media have been selling it as greedy pharmacists. I assume that's bollocks, and it involves being shafted by the HSE in some way.

    Any pharmacists care to elaborate? Tell us the real story.


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  • #2
    bleg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,848 ✭✭✭bleg


    post #66 explains it all

    http://www.askaboutmoney.com/showthread.php?t=115450&page=4


  • #3
    nesf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,644 ✭✭✭✭nesf


    The HSE have unilaterally decided to cut the fees paid to Pharmacies for dealing with the schemes (Medical Card, DPS, Long Term illness etc) by 36%. The Pharmacist Union's members are withdrawing from the schemes in protest.


  • #4
    tallaght01
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,778 ✭✭✭tallaght01


    I didn't even notice the whole thread about this below!!!!

    Ignore this one. Sorry :o


  • #5
    DrIndy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,461 ✭✭✭DrIndy


    There is already a huge thread on this in LTI


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