Other pharmacies having same problems. This could also ease the pressure on the demand for pharmacists required at each store.
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I wonder how many communities that are âfood desertsâ are also becoming health care deserts due to hospital and pharmacy closures.
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The number of stores a community can accommodate depends on the type of service or merchandise it offers. There used to be a good case for âcorner drugstores.â You donât want to have to go half way across the city to get your drugs. The Internet and quick delivery have upset the equation. Call an online drugstore and have them deliver, just like Uber Eats.
The Captain
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A short while back the local Walgreenâs started having some prescriptions filled out of a regional facility and overnighted to the local store. Presumably, this takes some of the pressure off the local pharmacist.
And pay the extra costs of the delivery and a tip. Of course you could skip the tip if you are a skinflint.
The news was commenting on the collapse of drug stores: using a closing Rite Aid, with a Walgreenâs across the street that may close as well.
The reporter talked to an independent pharmacist. The pharmacist laid the problem at the feet of the insurance companies and PBMs, that donât reimburse the pharmacies for the drugs they dispense.
Steve
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That 20% skim just isnât enough.
That 20% skim just isnât enough.
That âintrusive, burdensome, big gummit of COMMIESâ. Iâm sure they will promise to be more responsive, for a 40% skim.
Steve
There used to be neighborhood pharmacies owned and run by pharmacists. That is over. The huge chains took over and, minus personal knowledge and care, were immediately highly redundant with one another. Their main profits are from pushing out local grocery and household goods stores.
Now the winnowing.
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Save the money! Walk 20 miles to the closest open drugstore because a nearby one that is bankrupt wonât help. Itâs a brilliant money saving strategy! 
The Captain
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