Partnership Health Center ends free over-the-counter medications
Summary
The county health center will no longer hand out non-prescription meds like Tylenol and aspirin to employees and retirees, and commissioners took heat on social media for it. Sortman defended the move as controlling taxpayer spending, noting private health plans don't provide such items free.
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Last discussed Apr 9, 2026.
Impact analysis
An unquantified savings for the county, framed by commissioners as ending a perk unavailable to most private-sector workers.
Taxpayers, in the commissioners' framing, since the county stops paying for a non-essential perk.
County employees and retirees who previously received free over-the-counter medications at the health center.
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