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Beware bureaucrats, or why retailers need to act.(My Turn)

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From: Chain Drug Review
Date: 20040927
Author:Woldt, Jeffrey

Percy Bysshe Shelley once said, "Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world." Perhaps, although a strong case can be made that the designation really should belong to government bureaucrats.

These days, as implementation of the federally funded prescription drug benefit for Medicare beneficiaries scheduled to take effect in 2006 is being worked out by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), retail pharmacy operators are likely to adhere to the latter view. The decisions made by people in the department could have as much impact on the final form of ...

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