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Retail News Breaks Archives In the latest advance toward health care reform, drug manufacturers plan to offer about $80 billion in prescription discounts to Medicare recipients, according to published reports. On the same day the Senate Health Care Committee began marking up its draft health care reform legislation, more than 100 community pharmacy advocates met with legislators as part of the National Association of Chain Drug Stores' inaugural RxImpact Day on Capitol Hill. As the legislative battle for health care reform gets under way, today more than 150 pharmacy advocates from over 30 states descend on Capitol Hill to meet with lawmakers as part of the National Association of Chain Drug Stores' first annual RxImpact Day. As part of a series of personnel moves, Walgreen Co. has hired three executives to help lead its purchasing team.
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