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America's pharmacy deserts: Rite Aid,
CVS and Walgreens will shut more than
1,500 stores due to crime and competition
- leaving MILLIONS without access to healthcare

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Posted By: Imright, 10/23/2023 3:32:02 PM

The nation's largest drugstore chains, Rite Aid, CVS and Walgreens, will shutter more than 1,500 stores, leaving millions of Americans without access to healthcare in 'pharmacy deserts.' Rite Aid said it will close 150 of its 2,100 US locations after they filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy earlier this month. The pharmacy chain has been unable to settle hundreds of lawsuits that accused them of overprescribing opioids and has struggled to keep up with competitors.A slew of drugstore chains slashing their locations has left millions of people living in areas where it's difficult to obtain medication, areas known as 'pharmacy deserts,'

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Northcross 10/23/2023 3:41:11 PM (No. 1584247)
Typical sensational DM headline. Millions without health care! Then get your prescriptions by mail. Drug stores are not required to stay open in the urban jungle.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: JackBurton 10/23/2023 3:44:55 PM (No. 1584249)
Don't they have a clue what 'bankrupt' means?
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Reply 3 - Posted by: earlybird 10/23/2023 3:58:36 PM (No. 1584254)
All threehave been inching toward failure for some time. Prescriptions not their primary business.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: formerNYer 10/23/2023 4:01:11 PM (No. 1584255)
Competition? isn't that what the free market is all about? As for the crime, we all know the who and where and that's happening most because of poor choices in voting. When you give criminals a slap on the wrist and tell them don't do that, they will ignore you and do worse.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: 3XALADY 10/23/2023 4:02:30 PM (No. 1584256)
I wonder if the people suffering these 'deserts,' including food and other things, will ever figure out why the stores can't stay in business. I live in the midwest, didn't know we had 'smash and grabs' going on here. I happened to have the local St. Louis news on this morning and an Ulta store in Fairview Heights, IL had been broken into. Haven't heard of any more, but I don't do the local news. However, St. Louis is #1 in crime so I imagine this isn't the only one.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: Ditto1958 10/23/2023 4:11:35 PM (No. 1584265)
Walgreens is the dominant pharmacy chain where I live. They have bright shiny stores everywhere, some even within walking distance of others. But there is a pharmacist shortage. Walgreens has cut their pharmacy hours drastically, opening late in the AM and closing early PM and closed on weekends. The stores stay open but not the pharmacy departments. Even the Walgreens “24 Hour Pharmacy” is not a 24 hour pharmacy. Life in Biden’s America…
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Reply 7 - Posted by: GreatGreyhounds 10/23/2023 4:23:36 PM (No. 1584272)
Well, we were told to take two Tylenol and go home to die...
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Reply 8 - Posted by: DVC 10/23/2023 4:25:48 PM (No. 1584273)
So, if like around me there are a CVS and a Walgreens across the street from each other in about 10 locations in the area....if half the CVSs and half the Walgreens go away....perhaps the others can succeed. And as to shoplifting. They need security who is a big guy and a company willing to press charges. Of course, in many Soros conquered cities, "mere" shoplifting is not prosecuted. THAT may be the root cause in this.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: texaspast 10/23/2023 4:34:19 PM (No. 1584275)
If there's a Walmart around, there's a pharmacy. Lots of our grocery stores in this area have pharmacies. But we don't have yutes smashing and grabbing everything.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: bgarrett 10/23/2023 4:50:16 PM (No. 1584287)
CVS is evil and lies to the customers
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Reply 11 - Posted by: bgarrett 10/23/2023 4:52:32 PM (No. 1584290)
Every time the government catches CVS doing evil things, CVS changes the name of the business. I havent looked lately but wiki used to have this info
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Reply 12 - Posted by: NorthernDog 10/23/2023 4:56:46 PM (No. 1584292)
The Walgreens near us gets a lot of complaints. They are short staffed and prescriptions are usually not ready on time. There's a drive thru option but the line gets really long. They have a good variety of over the counter meds and personal care items, but prices are very high.
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Reply 13 - Posted by: Hermit_Crab 10/23/2023 5:11:55 PM (No. 1584298)
*****Millions without access to healthcare!!!!!******* 1: But I thought 0bamacare fixed that for everyone!?!?!? /s 2: No 'brick and mortar' store? Order on line... That'll work until your friends and neighbors start robbing the delivery trucks / delivery people, like they do the stores.
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Reply 14 - Posted by: Kate318 10/23/2023 5:43:37 PM (No. 1584317)
I don’t typically shop at Walgreens, but the last time I was there, I couldn’t buy fricking batteries without calling a clerk over to unlock the case.
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Reply 15 - Posted by: chumley 10/23/2023 7:03:10 PM (No. 1584367)
I like my local Walgreens and hope it stays open. I dont get prescriptions there, but they do have a good booze section.
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Reply 16 - Posted by: volksford 10/23/2023 7:12:16 PM (No. 1584374)
They are busy creating their own deserts
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Reply 17 - Posted by: Strike3 10/23/2023 7:33:25 PM (No. 1584387)
Reaping what they have sown. Black yutes destroying the access of elderly blacks to food and medicine. The stores should have hired armed security from the get-go. It's cheaper than losing half of their profits and would have stopped the free shopping sprees.
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Reply 18 - Posted by: edgar 10/23/2023 7:35:43 PM (No. 1584388)
Mail order pharmacies can deliver your Rx to your home. At least while the P.O. still sends carriers to your neighborhood.
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Reply 19 - Posted by: udanja99 10/23/2023 7:42:05 PM (No. 1584395)
Retail “deserts” of any kind are usually self-inflicted wounds.
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Reply 20 - Posted by: Snow Possum 10/23/2023 9:50:33 PM (No. 1584459)
Watch people's health start to improve in these areas. Doctors are little more than pill pushers these days and many of the pills they push are poison. Statins being the most egregious offenders. Did you know that statin drugs increase life spans by a grand total of FOUR DAYS... while having to deal with the side effects resulting in a lower quality of life. 66 here and no meds.
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Reply 21 - Posted by: Sully 10/23/2023 10:54:40 PM (No. 1584506)
Expect all three companies to be pilloried by the left for causing a "prescription med desert."
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Reply 22 - Posted by: Italiano 10/23/2023 11:41:34 PM (No. 1584521)
Local elections have consequences, (b-words.)
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Reply 23 - Posted by: mifla 10/24/2023 6:50:24 AM (No. 1584651)
This reminds me of the couple who kept having kids because they did not realize the linkage between sex and reproduction.
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