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Anthem Blue Cross is specifying that
patients they insure who need HIV medications must switch their prescriptions
to a specially designated mail-order pharmacy by March 1.
According to company spokesman
Darrell Ng, Anthem originally sent letters to patients that indicated a January
1 switchover deadline, but the company pushed back the deadline by two months
after receiving requests from state regulators and advocacy groups. This change
will affect approximately 8,000 of Anthem’s 8 million California customers.
Specialty pharmacies are lobbying
against the mail-order requirement for HIV drugs, claiming it may result in
delivery delays of daily medications. Ng notes that the switch to mail order is
focused on saving money while continuing to deliver life-saving medications to
the patients who need them.
The Friends of AIDS Foundation is
dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for HIV positive individuals and
empowering people to make healthy choices to prevent the spread of the HIV
virus. To learn more about The Friends of AIDS Foundation, please visit: http://www.friendsofaids.org.
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