Because the mail service facility will have a record of
other prescriptions that you are taking , pharmacists can check
for potential drug interactions before a drug is dispensed . Drugs can be ordered from the mail service
pharmacy by telephone, mail or online - a great convenience for
many seniors whose mobility may be limited. Unknown Internet pharmacies may
not be licensed or staffed by actual pharmacists, and there are no
guarantees that the medications will be effective, be the correct
dose, or even be the drug they are advertised to be.
"We live in an era where our children have near-universal access to
computers more powerful than those that landed a man on the moon, yet our
healthcare system is often reduced to indecipherable scribbles on a pad of
paper -- placing at unnecessary risk the health and safety of millions of
American patients," said David B.S.

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About PacifiCare Health Systems
PacifiCare Health Systems is one of the nation's largest consumer health
organizations with more than 3 million health plan members and approximately
10 million specialty plan members nationwide.medco. Paul Zickler, co-founder of DoctorSolve Canadian pharmacy services
(http://www .

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'This Would Help Bring Today's Analog World of Healthcare into the Digital
Age'

WASHINGTON, Medco Health Solutions Inc. Medco operates the largest mail-order and
Internet pharmacies and has been recognized for setting new industry
benchmarks for pharmacy dispensing quality. A professionally registered
pharmacist fills all prescriptions.

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If you are using a mail order pharmacy, you can
consult with one of the pharmacists by phone.
7) For chronic conditions, find out if your benefit program offers a
mail order pharmacy for refills of medications used to treat them.
9) Check with your health plan or pharmacy to see if they offer other
cost-saving opportunities such as discount cards for prescriptions or
over-the-counter medications at the local pharmacy.com

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Snow Jr. Medco, ranked by Fortune Magazine
as one of America's "Most Admired" healthcare companies, is a Fortune 50
company with 2004 revenues of $35 billion. "We want to make sure that for our patients, the medicine cabinet
is always open," Zickler says.com.

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8) Find out from your pharmacist or physician about the possibility of
taking generic drugs as opposed to brand-name drugs.
10 ) Although it may appear to be an attractive way to save money, do not
order drugs from unknown Web sites.,
(NYSE: MHS) today pledged its support to a bipartisan bill designed to harness
the vast power of integrated technology in redefining the standards for
quality care and cost efficiency across virtually every aspect of America's
healthcare system, the company said today.

, president and CEO of Medco.

About Medco
Medco Health Solutions (NYSE: MHS) is a leader in managing prescription
drug benefit programs that are designed to drive down the cost of pharmacy
healthcare for private and public employers, health plans, labor unions and
government agencies of all sizes. On the Net: http://www.

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These
statements involve risks and uncertainties that may cause results to differ
materially from those set forth in the statements.

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Don't mix
different medications in the same bottle to save space or for
traveling, for example. PacifiCare's specialty operations include behavioral health, dental
and vision, and complete pharmacy benefit management through its wholly owned
subsidiary, Prescription Solutions. More information on PacifiCare Health
Systems is available at http://www."
Zickler adds that in many cases , Internet pharmacy services do not rely on
Canadian supply to fill the prescriptions of their customers: "At DoctorSolve,
we work with hand-selected pharmacies from all over the world.

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Online information can be found at http://www. DoctorSolve has filled
more than 200,000 U.

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About Prescription Solutions
Prescription Solutions is an innovative pharmacy benefit management
company managing the prescription drug benefit of commercial, Medicare and
governmental health plans, as well as those of employers and unions. A wholly
owned subsidiary of PacifiCare Health Systems Inc., as well as through a national network of 53,000 community pharmacies. No forward-looking
statement can be guaranteed , and actual results may differ materially from
those projected.
"It's a fallacy that every American is cross-border shopping for cheaper
drugs.

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Medco Supports Bi-Partisan Healthcare IT Proposal

"Canada cannot be a
drugstore for the United States of America; 280 million people cannot expect
us to supply drugs to them on a continuous, uncontrolled basis," he said at a
news conference .com) says that statement is an exaggeration.

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PacifiCare offers individuals,
employers and Medicare beneficiaries a variety of consumer-driven health care
and life insurance products. We undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-
looking statement, whether as a result of new information , future events, or
otherwise.
Dr. A certified member of the Canadian
International Pharmacy Association, DoctorSolve is ranked as one of the best
(five-star) online pharmacies by PharmacyChecker .

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Most people keep medications in
the bathroom medicine cabinet, where they can get damp and lose
potency. A generic drug
that is deemed therapeutically equivalent to a brand-name drug may be
considerably more affordable."
"The Health Technology to Enhance Quality Act of 2005," introduced jointly
by Sens.com

Contact: Dianne Bidewell
info@doctorsolve.com
1-866-732-0305

This release was issued through eReleases(TM). For more information,
visit http://www.

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According to Prescription Solutions, a national pharmacy benefit
management company that manages prescription drug benefits for millions of
older Americans, there are precautions that seniors, their adult children and
caregivers can take to prevent mishaps related to prescription use.
"Some older Americans, who may be taking six to ten medications at one
time, as well as their adult children and caregivers, may be unaware of
potentially harmful drug interactions or side effects," said Joseph Addiego,
M.
4) Check medications several times a year to make sure they have not
expired. Order only from a Web site
through your own health plan or retail pharmacy that provides
password protection for its members.rxsolutions. Forward-looking statements in this presentation should be evaluated
together with the risks and uncertainties that affect our business,
particularly those mentioned in the Risk Factors section of the Company's
Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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, Prescription Solutions' chief medical officer. These
actions can cause serious health consequences. A dry place such as a kitchen cabinet or bedroom is a
better storage location as long as the medications are out of reach
of children or safely locked away. Don't throw them in the trash where a child might find and
ingest them .miller@phs.

With an Abundant Supply of Safe High-Quality Medications Canadian Internet Pharmacy Service Is Poised to Be the Drugstore to American People

Americans Needing Safe, Affordable Medications From Canada Need Not Worry
About Drug Shortage, Says DoctorSolve

VANCOUVER , British Columbia, Recent comments from
Canada's Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh have many Americans concerned that
Canada's medicine cabinet will one day be closed to them. They have very specific needs,
such as chronic maintenance drugs for conditions such as high blood pressure,
arthritis or diabetes.

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6) Develop a relationship with your local pharmacist to consult with
questions about the proper use of medications and possible drug
interactions .
Medco is among several organizations, including major health plans,
private employers and unions that have endorsed the bill.com

This press release contains "forward-looking statements " as that term is
defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Most Americans have an insurance plan, which commonly prohibits them
from buying from Canadian pharmacies.doctorsolve .

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Managing Mom's Meds: Safe Prescription Drug Use for Older Adults

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Contacts: Kim Kunody Dan Miller
Prescription Solutions PacifiCare Health Systems
(714) 825-6819 (714) 226-3726
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In actual fact, the cross-border sales market is only 1.
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Prescription Solutions Offers 10 Tips During National Patient Safety Week

COSTA MESA, Calif.com. Medco is traded on the New York
Stock Exchange under the symbol MHS .

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3 million
drug-related errors affect older Americans each year, often resulting in rush
trips to the emergency room, expensive hospitalization and subsequently, the
potential decline of a senior citizen's independence. "Safety is also
compromised when people try to save money by reducing a dosage, sharing or
hoarding drugs, or even not filling a prescription because of the cost."

National Patient Safety Week is March 6-12, and the experts at
Prescription Solutions, including more than 150 pharmacists, nurses and
physicians , recommend the following steps for seniors, their families and
caregivers to make sure they are using prescription drugs properly and
economizing in ways that are safe and not harmful:

1 ) Bring current prescription medications at least once a year to your
primary care doctor 's office and have them reviewed to verify that
each medication is still useful and appropriate , and to ensure that
the combination of medications is safe.

Mail service offers a number of attractive features for seniors, such
as:
* Safety. Bill Frist and Hillary Rodham Clinton, creates national uniform
standards for an interoperable health information technology system,
commissions a study to identify state barriers, and provides grants to
regional or local healthcare plans to further adoption and implementation of
the standards .
DoctorSolve, a Canadian Internet-based pharmacy intermediary (license #BC
Q37), offers low -cost, long-term prescriptions.

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3) Keep the appropriate medication in the correct bottle.
* Cost savings. By ordering from mail service, seniors can
receive a 90 -day supply of medications for treatments of
chronic conditions versus the typical 30-days supplied by local
retail pharmacies, thus saving money by having fewer co -pays
when prescriptions are filled. (NYSE: PHS), one of the
nation's largest consumer health organizations, Prescription Solutions now
serves members through a state-of-the-art mail service pharmacy in Carlsbad,
Calif. "This
bipartisan proposal would help bring today's analog world of healthcare into
the digital age."
Zickler points out that the Certified Internet pharmacies - those that are
recognized by CIPA (Canadian International Pharmacy Association), the group
that sets the standards for the reputable side of the Internet trade - work
hard to understand who their customers are, and what they need: "We're not
interested in profiting from sales of the drug of the week. prescriptions.
For more information, call 1-866-732-0305 or visit
http://www.

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2) Store medications properly at home.
5) Dispose of old and expired medications properly by flushing them down
a toilet.
* Convenience.

8 million people , and
could possibly reach only three million," Zickler says. They are the elderly, with
limited resources or without health insurance. We prefer to
concentrate our energies on finding an abundant supply of safe, affordable
medications that our patients need in order to stay well and healthy.

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Currently, more than 99 percent of PacifiCare's
commercial health plan members are enrolled in plans that have received
Excellent Accreditation by the National Committee for Quality Assurance
(NCQA ).
Medco is a leader in leveraging technology in the processing of
prescriptions, from supporting e-prescribing tools that electronically shuttle
prescriptions from a doctor to a pharmacist, to operating some of the largest
and most technically sophisticated automated pharmacies that deliver
unprecedented dispensing accuracy. "At no
given time will Canada be expected to supply drugs to that number of people." Before
approving the pharmacies for dispensing services, DoctorSolve conducts a
personal tour and a thorough review of each to ensure that their quality
control measures mirror those of DoctorSolve, and that they are able to meet
the demand.