Unfettered OTC Purchasing With Pre-Tax Savings Tops CHPA Goals In 2015
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
CHPA is optimistic 2015 is the year “common sense” will restore OTC eligibility for health spending accounts. Speaking on the group’s priorities, President and CEO Scott Melville said CHPA will work to improve the OTC monograph system and to curb cough medicine abuse.
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