Subject: [big campaign] BREAKING: Express-Scripts becomes 26th corp. to leave ALEC
From: Aniello Alioto <[email-masked]>
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Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2012 15:47:39 -0400
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Express-Scripts (based in St. Louis) is now the 26th corporation (along w/
four major non-profits and 55 confirmed elected leaders) to drop ALEC.

This also makes Express-Scripts the sixth corporation to have their
departure from ALEC announced within the last week alone; joining
Hewlett-Packard, CVS, Deere & Co., MillerCoors & BestBuy.

http://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/07/11639/express-scripts-twenty-sixth-corporation-dump-alec

Express-Scripts is Twenty-Sixth Corporation to Dump ALEC
by Brendan Fischer <http://www.prwatch.org/users/35275/brendan-fischer> —
July 13, 2012 - 2:25pm
Topics: Corporations <http://www.prwatch.org/topics/corporations>,
Politics<http://www.prwatch.org/topics/politics>
Projects: ALEC Exposed <http://www.prwatch.org/projects/alec-exposed>
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Pharmacy benefits manager Express-Scripts told the Center for Media and
Democracy today that it has ended its membership in the American
Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), making it the twenty-sixth business to
dump ALEC in recent months.

Antoine's Restaurant in New OrleansExpress-Scripts' head of corporate
communications David Whitrap confirmed to CMD that the corporation has
dropped its ALEC membership but did not provide a reason. The St. Louis,
Missouri-based Express-Scripts had been a member of ALEC and its Health and
Human Services Task Force since at least
2010<http://www.commoncause.org/atf/cf/%7BFB3C17E2-CDD1-4DF6-92BE-BD4429893665%7D/hhs_35daymailing%20dc.pdf>.
At the 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting, Express-Scripts sponsored the "Missouri
Night" party for legislators from the state at Antoine's Restaurant in New
Orleans.

On Tuesday, Color of Change announced that Express-Scripts competitor CVS
would be dropping its ALEC membership, along with four other
companies<http://www.prwatch.org/node/11635>.
CVS and Express-Scripts are the country's largest pharmacy benefits
managers, handling prescription benefits for employers and health plans and
using their clout to negotiate discounts from drug makers. After Walgreens
terminated a contract with Express-Scripts, many customers were
reportedly<http://community.nasdaq.com/News/2012-07/cvs-caremark-stays-neutral-analyst-blog.aspx?storyid=155359>
diverted
from Express-Scripts to CVS, tightening competition between the two
companies.

Walgreens' move to terminate its contract with Express-Scripts was
denounced<http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/12/prweb9034632.htm> by
civil rights leaders like Al Sharpton, as it would increase prescription
drug costs for low-income individuals whose only neighborhood pharmacy is
Walgreens, but whose health care plans use Express-Scripts. Walgreens
remains an ALEC member and is a member of the ALEC Health and Human
Services Task Force.

Express Scripts is the 26th corporation to leave ALEC in recent months. The
corporate "bill mill" has come under increasing scrutiny in recent months
as the public has become aware of its role in advancing the "Stand Your
Ground" law initially cited to protect Trayvon Martin's killer, as well as
voter suppression bills, union-busting policies, and other controversial
legislation. A full list of corporations that have dropped their ALEC
memberships can be viewed
here<http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Corporations_Who_Have_Cut_Ties_to_ALEC>
.

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Aniello Alioto
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