FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Rep. Green Demands Answers from Pentagon Over Veterans’ Lack of Access to TRICARE Pharmacies
Clarksville, Tenn., Today, Rep. Mark Green joined more than two dozen Members of Congress in demanding answers from Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin regarding the impact of the Department of Defense Health Agency’s (DHA) decision to proceed with Cigna/Express Script’s reduced reimbursement plan.
An excerpt from the letter reads: “It has been brought to our attention that Cigna/Express Scripts (ESI) has negotiated new pharmacy contracts in which upwards of 15,000 independent or community pharmacies will leave the TRICARE pharmacy network on October 24th. As you may be aware, this will impact approximately 4% of the TRICARE-eligible population, nearly 400,000 beneficiaries.”
Rep. Green said, “This decision directly impacts veterans from coast to coast, but it hurts rural Tennesseans especially hard. My constituents in Wayne County are now forced to travel upwards of sixty miles—often across state lines—to access their prescriptions at other pharmacies. This is detrimental to elderly veterans and those who do not have access to transportation. This matter deserves urgency from the Pentagon—our veterans cannot wait.”
Read the letter here.
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