Manulife and Loblaws walk back their preferred pharmacy employee benefits deal

08/02/2024 27 min

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Episode Synopsis

Let's get into the backlash that Manulife and Loblaws grocery experienced when they tried last week to roll out a preferred pharmacy network for 260 specialty drugs. This is a common employee benefits group health insurance tactic used to save money, but it needs to be heavily socialized in Canada and might ultimately fail.