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Business, policy, politics converge at NACDS

August 29, 2016 by MMR 2016 Total Store Expo, chief merchant and chief financial officer, H-E-B, Martin Otto, National Association of Chain Drug Stores, TSE 2016, Issue 08-29-2016, Issues

BOSTON — Telling pharmacy’s story to the public and to policy makers is a long-standing priority of the National Association of Chain Drug Stores, so it’s no surprise that the organization used its 2016 Total Store Expo (TSE) here this month to update its message. The story that pharmacy professionals need to be telling is

H-E-B’s Otto talks health care

May 23, 2016 by MMR chairman, chief merchant and chief financial officer, H-E-B, health care, Martin Otto, National Association of Chain Drug Stores 2016, Issue 05-23-2016, Issues

PALM BEACH, Fla. — In his first remarks as chairman of the National Association of Chain Drug Stores, Martin Otto outlined the challenges facing the American health care system, which is characterized by higher costs and poorer outcomes than those of many other developed countries. “There are a lot of structural issues in the health