Thursday, October 27, 2005

Who decides? Women, doctors, pharmacists, corporations?

Planned Parenthood's site, saveroe.com, has posted information about which pharmacies women can go to knowing that their prescriptions for contraceptive pills will be filled. The image below is static, but go to the saveroe.com site for an interactive look at the policies of major pharmacy chains.

You may want to connect the information about Wal-Mart posted here with Wal-Mart's recently outted memo on providing (or not) health insurance for workers. According to CNN,

A Wal-Mart vice president has suggested to the company's board of directors that it could hold down spending on health care and benefits by hiring more part-time workers and encouraging "healthier, more productive employees," according to an internal memo obtained by CNN.

Wal-Mart has 1.3 million employees in its US stores. I assume they may not be able to get their contraceptive prescriptions filled either.

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