Drug Topics - December 29, 2008 - (Page 4) STATE GOVERNMENT committees I hope to be assigned to. There also aren’t a lot of people in Utah’s legislature who have run a small business. They don’t know what it’s like to have to meet a payroll or minimize expenses, and they don’t understand what a restrictive tax does to a small business. That gives me the opportunity to educate other legislators. Q: How do you plan to affect healthcare initiatives? A: In Utah, there’s a healthcare — Evan Vickers, Rph task force that has been looking at some issues for the past year. I’ve exQ: What was your first pressed an interest in becoming a part thought after hearing the results of of that process. I’ve also found there’s the election? an awful lot of legislators who don’t A: Probably remembering someone telling me, "Be careful what you wish for; you might get it." understand the intricacies of healthcare. I need to be able My first thought was that I had accomplished this. Then I to educate them as we go forward and develop healthcare was ready to get on with the next step. I’m ready to serve strategies. and go forward. Q: What impact will your background in pharmacy have on your initiatives? Q: What are the immediate goals you plan to A: As a pharmacist, I plan to protect the industry. There address? A: The first thing for me to do is to learn and understand have been some bills that have been written that didn’t rethe process, because I can’t get anything done until I know ally make much sense from the professional standpoint. and understand the process. I need to develop relationships I want to help people on the legislative side understand the with other legislators and bureaucrats. The next thing is to ramifications of bad bills on pharmacy and get them to commake sure I fully understand every piece of legislation that promise so bills are beneficial to the profession. “I’ve just kind of meshed pharmacy and politics. When I rst got involved in my city council, it was because of some zoning issues I didn’t like, and I was vocal about that. I started talking to the mayor and city council members. They put me on some committees. From that, I thought, ‘It would be a good step to run for city council.’ I just wanted to be involved.” comes before me, so when I cast my vote, I’m casting a vote that will benefit the majority of people involved. And I’ll move forward by looking at legislation that I can sponsor that will help and benefit the majority. 4 DRUG TOPICS D E C . 29, 2008 W W W.D R U GTO P I C S .C O M GETTY IMAGES / STOCKBYTE / JOSEPH SOHM / VISIONS OF AMERICA http://WWW.DRUGTOPICS.COM
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