At long last someone in our
family has gotten his or her name in the newspapers and it wasn’t on the Obit
page or the Crime page. Nina Nestor, Judy’s older sister, wrote a letter to the
Editor of the Los Angeles Times and it sparked a front-page story about CVS and
it’s history of overbilling Medicaid (some $80 million and counting).
Here’s how the front-page story
started:
“Retired social worker Nina
Nestor got an all-too-familiar phone call last week: Her prescription refill
was ready at her CVS store in San Clemente. Trouble is, the 83-year-old cancer patient didn't ask for the refill or numerous others that CVS
pharmacists filled this year without her permission. "The pharmacist told
me after two weeks they put it back in stock and reverse the billing,"
Nestor said. "But I wonder about that."
She wonders, and rightly so
based on CVS’s track record, what’s going on and whether the pharmacy does in
fact cancel the billing or perhaps CVS gets the use of the Government’s money
during the interval.
If you want to read the rest of
the story go to:
If you want Nina’s autograph
please let me know.
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