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       Nearly 30% of US drugstores closed in one decade
       By: agate Date: December 6, 2024, 12:55 am
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       From MedPage Today (December 4, 2024)--"Nearly 30% of US
       Drugstores Closed in One Decade, Study Shows":
  HTML https://bit.ly/4ifFBTU
       This is one more way in which the US medical system is broken.
       It is also one more instance of the vast chasm between the haves
       and the have-nots in this country. A while back we heard about
       "food deserts"--low-income areas where supermarkets were
       nonexistent, and residents in the community resort to fast-food
       options or travel long distances, often on public
       transportation, just to get groceries. Now it seems that
       pharmacies are abandoning the poorer areas. They don't make
       enough money serving patients on Medicare or Medicaid.
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