Medco Medicare Rx Discount Card To Be Co-Branded With Nine Insurers
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
In addition to the co-branded card, Medco will offer a “preferred” card that the PBM will market by itself. Medco is also serving as the PBM administrator behind several other cards.
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