Well, sort of.
A group of Winston-Salem independent pharmacists are raising concerns about Caterpillar’s preferred prescription-drug agreement with Walgreens and Wal-Mart, saying they could lose customers if CAT comes to town.
What I notice is local pharmacists aren’t outright opposing incentives for CAT, but instead appear to be asking that reimbursement terms be included in the incentives package:
“With Caterpillar’s policy, if one of our customers gets hired by Caterpillar, we could lose them,” said Dave Marley, the president and chief executive of Marley Drug in Winston-Salem.
..Marley said that the pharmacies are “willing to accept the exact same reimbursement terms given by Walgreens and Wal-Mart.”
“We feel there is no way this would be negotiated after the fact, so if there is going to be a change in Caterpillar’s policy, it has to be raised now and discussed now,” Marley said.
Even more government involvement —nice.
