Caremark Whistleblower Suit Seeks Bush Link in Florida

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In a rare twist, the Fowlers recently blocked the state from intervening in their case after raising concerns about potential conflicts. Most whistleblowers welcome government assistance, but the Fowlers worried that state officials might be influenced by their ties to the company. Based on the latest court filing, the whistleblowers now question whether Caremark received favorable treatment from the highest political office in Florida.

Public Citizen, a nonprofit consumer advocacy group, notes that Bush employed Caremark director C. David Brown as the central Florida finance chief for his gubernatorial campaign. The group says that Brown raised at least $200,000 in campaign funds -- earning him elite "Ranger" status -- for President Bush as well.

As previously reported by TheStreet.com in July, the plaintiffs claim that the state failed to protect customers after Caremark sold "drugs from unknown origin" to Florida customers three years ago. The state "did not further investigate Caremark's buying practices with respect to the purchase and sale of drugs ... allowed Caremark to handle that occurrence wholly internally," a past court filing states.

Caremark employs a well-placed lobbyist from that firm. Christopher Dudley served as chief of staff for Bush's original lieutenant governor before joining Southern Strategy. Dudley also counts Wachovia -- a big fan of Caremark's stock -- among his major clients.

http://www.thestreet.com/_tscfoc/stocks/melissadavid/10186979.html

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1. Caremark sucks

I KNOW they were (still are?) selling old drugs up until very recently. You get your 3 month mail order supply 1 month after you order it and you are supposed to throw it away after ~5 mos. was up (now they've changed it to one year). I found I was having to throw away many of the RX's they were mailing me being they were only good for 6 mos. after I got them. Many of these RX's had no "lot #" on them! Could they be "traced" if the need be? :wtf: !!!

I don't like them one bit. If I could get away from them I would. However, effective Jan. 1st, I (and many others) will have no option but to get all RX's filled via them without being heavily penalized for using the local pharmacy (great for the small business owners isn't it?).

This is just one more example of Nazism in America that just about everyone ignores (except me anyway). Why am I not surprised that * is behind this crap?

God how I hate Caremark.

I hope they get their asses sued from here to hell and back!!!

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Thanks for this post btw ...

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4. I use them through my union

health care plan. I will bring this up at the next union meeting.

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6. please do bring it up

and if you need more info. on what their business practices are and have become as of recent, message me. I've been on their asses for a very long time.

This deal with ridding the local businesses of their clients totally sucks!

Cheers and more power to you! :toast:

baldearg

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2. I formerly worked for Caremark

To say that I'm not surprised to see this would be an understatement. This stuff has been going on now for a long, long time -- I worked there over 13 years ago.

Didn't Caremark lose its home IV infusion therapy division after the former owner sued them to recover it? He said that Caremark had damaged his company's reputation, and he wasn't going to stand for it.

Julie

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3. Caremark = total scum

I called them up a couple of weeks ago to try and get some clarification on a medication I must use. The pharmacist (or what the hell ever it was) told me the strength was 80X that of the other RX. This was not true!

They have a bunch of idiots working for them and oh how they thump that damn bible from here to hell and back. They know nothing, absolutely nothing about "faith" IMO. Mere shills for * the lot of them.

I know of someone that was getting multiple sclerosis drugs from them and they delivered them to her in the snow and left them on the doorstep! This rendered the drugs useless and they played dumb of course.

I wonder where they are getting their drugs from? They will not tell you except they say they are "repackaged" for convenience or some bull.

You have my sympathies having to have endured working for them for 13 years. I seriously hope they go bankrupt as they are as crooked as crooked can get IMO.

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5. Actually, it was a much shorter period ;-)

>You have my sympathies having to have endured working for them for 13 years.<

I worked for them for a bit over two years. I was RIF'ed in the Great Purge of 1993. They laid off 1/4 of their workforce across the country in one day, after telling the entire staff that going public wouldn't affect anyone's job, bla bla bla. I came home one day a few months later to a message from ABC News on my answering machine. It seems they were investigating Caremark.

None of my stories, however, are meaningful in the face of patients who aren't getting meds on time, getting the recommended strength of meds, or having meds spoiled. It's wrong. It needs to be stopped.

Julie

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7. more grissly Caremark details ... KICK!

<< Specifically, the Fowlers are seeking to discover whether Bush corresponded with Caremark CEO Mac Crawford about the company's performance -- and about an alleged "tainted drugs issue" in particular. They also want any communications between the two parties involving a powerful lobbying firm, employed by Caremark, that enjoys a warm relationship with the governor. >>

<< The Fowlers have accused Caremark of changing, shorting and even destroying customer prescriptions in an effort to maximize profits. But they also make one allegation that has yet to be lodged against others in the embattled pharmacy benefit management industry. They claim that Caremark sold customers prescriptions that had been returned through the mail without first testing the drugs for damage. >>

More information above from the link posted.

They are shorting their customers, destroying costly prescriptions I assume, and the worst yet is that the drugs are "tainted"; being resold if they've been returned in the mail and never examined! How much longer can we the people allow these unethical business practices to continue? HOW LONG??? May you die a long miserable death surrounded by lawsuits Caremark ... and you will!

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KERRY/EDWARDS 2004!!!!