Benefit from Walgreens special discount on annual membership for its Walgreens Prescription Savings Club . After the unsuccessful negotiations between Walgreens and Express Script, patients covered by an Express Scripts plan now find themselves not only having to change their pharmacists, but many are having to drive farther to get prescriptions filled at pharmacies with less convenient hours for their hectic schedules.

Walgreens offers more 24-hour and drive-thru pharmacies than any other pharmacy in the country. Now for $10 a year, a family membership covers everyone in your immediate family, including a spouse, dependents 22 and younger and pets. Individuals may join for $5. Join and receive discount prices on your prescriptions. 

You will save on more than 8,000 brand-name and all generic medications and also discounts on flu shots, pet prescriptions, nebulizers and diabetic supplies. You will also receive bonuses when you purchase Walgreens brand products and photofinishing services.

For those who are not familiar with the Walgreens and Express Script here are some interesting details  http://bit.ly/y6RTpL. You will also receive more information if you follow Walgreens on Twitter and Walgreens on Facebook.

Basically Walgreens is no longer part of Express Scripts’ pharmacy provider network as of Jan. 1, 2012. This includes all Walgreens pharmacies nationwide and Duane Reade pharmacies in the New York City area.

This situation of forcing pharmacy patients to go elsewhere to use their in-network pharmacy benefits was unnecessary. Express Scripts’ actions are causing disruption with no significant benefit to patients or their health plan.