Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Clark County Health District Stealing/Undercutting

We're from the government and we're here to steal and break rules because no one will do anything to us.
From the Las Vegas Sun:
The Southern Nevada Health District is abusing a federal vaccine program for the poor by unfairly selling the vaccines to the general public and undercutting private competitors, an antitrust complaint filed in federal court alleges.
The complaint was filed by The Vaccine Center, which offers competitive immunization programs in Las Vegas.
Jennifer Sizemore, a Health District spokeswoman, said SNHD has not yet been served with the complaint. Sizemore said she could not comment on active litigation.
Codefendants in the complaint are the drug manufacturer, GlaxoSmithKline, and Apexus Inc., the manager of the federal 340 Prime Vendor Program, which was set up by Congress to serve as a safety net for the poor and indigent.
Although SNHD’s mission is to be a “safety-net” provider to the poor and indigent, it operates a commercial business that generates millions of dollars in revenue annually by competing against private clinics and doctors for immunization services to the adult, non-Medicaid population, the complaint says.
The complaint says SNHD buys its vaccines at sharply reduced prices from GlaxoSmithKline under the 340B Program.
SNHD is skirting the regulations of the program by reselling those cheaper vaccines intended for the poor to the general population at lower costs than its competitors — a violation of the laws governing the program, the complaint says.
“SNHD has been able to crush private-sector competition, drive private medical clinics and doctors out of business and monopolize markets for fee-based immunization services,” the complaint said.
The complaint says SNHD has entered into lucrative immunization contracts with MGM Resorts Health Plan, Sands Expo and Convention Center, Silver Nugget Gaming LLC, Boulder City and the Las Vegas Hilton.   http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2012/oct/30/health-district-accused-undercutting-private-outfi/
If this is found to be true, then there needs to be a massive investigation and people fired.  Further, this abuses what the medication was supposed to go to- the poor.
But since this is a government agency, run by Democrats, what do you think the odds are that anything will happen.  I think you will have better odds betting that the New York Jets will win the Super Bowl this year than anything happening to anyone at the health district.

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