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
Daily Mail (UK), by Rachel Bowman
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,'
My experience with Rite-Aid, they kept screwing up my Rxs. I was shorted pills, had generics mixed in with brand named.
When I went to a privately owned drug store a customer told me he had cut pills in his Rx bottle which means someone who had to take 1/2 a pill the Rx was returned or the pharmacist did that on his own, either case thats illegal.
I would not buy a bar of soap at Rite-Aid.