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   masukomi (masukomi@connectified.com)'s status on Thursday, 14-Nov-2024 06:24:15 JST masukomi

   Well this is fucking concerning. Wonder why your not getting your medications from CVS?

   Late stage capitalism.

   Short version, they don't feel like paying for enough staff to actually process your drugs (or anything else) and keep you safe, or medicated. Apparently staff costs more than the profits on giving you drugs.

   Yet another really great bit of reporting from More Perfect Union.

   ~14min video https://youtu.be/woACpI9C9XE

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     Tim W (admin (and human)) (tim@union.place)'s status on Thursday, 14-Nov-2024 06:24:13 JST Tim W (admin (and human))

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     @masukomi don't forget how we allow them to pay themselves better reimbursement rates (because they're both the pharmacy and the pharmacy benefit provider!) than independent pharmacies, thus building/enforcing their own monopoly-level dominance!

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     Tim W (admin (and human)) (tim@union.place)'s status on Thursday, 14-Nov-2024 06:25:55 JST Tim W (admin (and human))

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     @masukomi unfortunately this is not at all new, it's just ... getting worse. And I don't have a lot of faith in anyone fixing it. 😞

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     masukomi (masukomi@connectified.com)'s status on Thursday, 14-Nov-2024 06:25:57 JST masukomi

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     • Tim W (admin (and human))

     @tim yeah, that's covered, plus forcing people to get their drugs from CVS instead of independent pharmacies because they control reimbursments too.

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     feld (feld@friedcheese.us)'s status on Thursday, 14-Nov-2024 06:34:45 JST feld

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     @masukomi Walgreens is closing a lot of locations
     
     It's gonna force people to have to get their prescriptions though Amazon or whatever, so crazy
     
     https://www.timeout.com/usa/news/heres-the-full-list-of-walgreen-stores-that-are-closing-permanently-and-why-102124