Ald. William Hall wants Chicago to become its own pharmacist – FOX32 (Chicago)

Hall is proposing a city-run Office of Pharmacy Access. The idea is straightforward: 77 access points, one in each of Chicago’s 77 neighborhoods, where residents can fill prescriptions and pick up medications close to home. The city would act as landlord. Independent pharmacists would move in without the overhead costs that typically push small pharmacies out of business.
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Hello, Indiana!
2 hours ago

And the desirable items will be stolen or sold at a discount to friends and family out the side door in a month. Food/ pharmacy deserts exist for a reason.

MsT
2 hours ago

Where would the independent pharmacists who can’t afford rent get the money to stock their pharmacies with drugs? Who will fund their property and casualty and other liability insurances, employee benefits? Who will provide security for these store-front drug dispensaries? Instead, let’s pay for delivery of medications for disabled and frail elderly people directly on an as needed basis. And, surprise, those delivery services are already up and running, with no City investment. The City could work with Uber, Lyft, and the variety of delivery services and integrate the service into existing programs for the disabled and elderly. No new… Read more »

Sanity please
3 hours ago

The city would mess up a one car funeral
how in the world would they run a 77 branch
pharmacy operation. The first problem they
would face is massive inventory shrinkage
In opioids, do these idiots believe that a whole bunch of chain pharmacies would sit by and let the city siphon off the pharmaceutical prescriptions business.
Wave bye bye to more Walgreen, CVS,
Osco, Mariano’s and others.
Just when you think you have heard it all,
” Surprise “.

Call my shrink
6 hours ago

LOL this guy is unreal. Once the city gets involved , with all the “oversight” ( aka cronies hired ) prescriptions will be 10 times more expensive.

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