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Attorney General Rokita Warned of Legal Action for Denial of Justice

Eternal vigilance, and all that ... Following is a letter stating the intent to pursue legal action due to the closure of complaints submitted to the Indiana Attorney General's Office against Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy and New Whiteland Kroger Pharmacy for their refusal to fill essential prescriptions without satisfactory resolution: Notice of Intent to Sue Tod... by James Alan Bush It gives the Attorney General’s office two weeks to provide further investigation results or face legal action. Catch up on the story here: Formal complaint submitted to Indiana Board of Pharmacy Request To Attorney General Rokita to Intervene in Pharmacy Cases Indiana Attorney General Rokita Closes Pharmacies’ Investigation

Indiana Attorney General Rokita Closes Pharmacies’ Investigation

Asking the Attorney General’s Office to speed things up has consequences [ see Request To Attorney General Rokita to Intervene in Pharmacy Cases ], as is suggested by the unexpected closure of the investigation into the wrongdoing of downtown Indianapolis’ Walgreen’s Speciality Pharmacy and New Whiteland Kroger Pharmacy, as described in Formal complaint submitted to Indiana Board of Pharmacy . In spite of clear-cut violations of pharmacy guidelines for which there are no affirmative defenses [a slam-dunk], the case was abruptly closed just a few days after making a request to the office to advance the investigation after over a year and a half of no progress. The office sent an email advising of the closure, which provided no details pertaining to the investigation: There was no reason cited for having closed it (it is the timing that implies a connection between the request for progress in the investigation and its closure). Shortly after receiving the email, I took up the invitation ...

Request To Attorney General Rokita to Intervene in Pharmacy Cases

Following is a formal letter to Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita, requesting his assistance in expediting a stagnant consumer complaint involving Walgreens and Kroger pharmacies. The case highlights the pharmacies’ refusal to fill valid prescriptions essential for managing a life-threatening condition and their retaliatory actions. This letter followed a series of previous emails seeking information on the progress of the case, all of which were taken as requests for details of the investigation (which they were not). The first email requesting a statement of progress was addressed to Barbara Greene. It sought a status update on either of the two complaints. It also confirmed that an amended formal complaint was submitted to the Indiana Board of Pharmacy, making further of the occasion to request a progress report by highlighting a new element in the revised complaint that wasn't present in the original complaint, which involves a retaliatory action by one of the pharmacies rep...