15,000 pharmacies cut from Tricare network

Express Scripts, the pharmacy benefit manager for the Defense Department’s private care health program, recently dropped nearly 15,000 pharmacies from its network. About 27% of all pharmacies in the Tricare network are no longer covered, affecting more than 400,000 military beneficiaries. The move has upset customers and has raised concerns among service member advocates and lawmakers, especially those in rural states, who feel it disproportionally affects rural veterans.