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07/03/08

Lawsuit to stop the 10% cuts

On Thursday, July 3, at 1:30PM the case Independent Living Center of Southern California, et.al. v. Shewry was heard in Sacramento Superior Court.

Touro sent two representatives: the sitting CSHP-Touro President, along with a third-year student member Amar who was on rotations at the time. The University of the Pacific was the only other school to send a contingent of students.

The state judge ended-up denying the eight retail pharmacies’ motion to stop the ten percent Medi-Cal provider cuts. The pharmacies sought a temporary restraining order (TRO) from Sacramento Superior Court against the California Department of Health Care Services and its director Sandra Shewry to block the cuts from being implemented.

 

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CPhA CEO MESSAGE
Thu, 03 Jul 2008
"Several plaintiffs including Paul Lofholm, Brian, Komoto, Keith Lumpkin and Frank Cable were in attendance at the hearing. Also in attendance were CPhA staff members, Medi-Cal beneficiaries, Sacramento pharmacists, Liz Helms (California Chronic Care Coalition), Maria Robles (Californians for Patient Care) and student pharmacists from UOP and Touro. " [Emphasis emphatically added!]

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