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Skriven 2006-09-27 09:29:00 av VERN HUMPHREY (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av SEAN DENNIS
Ärende: Wal-Mart
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SD> VH> DANG!  Putting local pharmacies out of business, just to keep old
SD> VH> folks from having to choose between paying for their medicine and
SD> VH> eating dog food!

SD>From someone who's studying to become a certified pharmacy technician, that'
SD>not true.  What puts local pharmacies out of business is their horrific mark

SD>Here's a real-life example: I live in Johnson City, Tennessee.  The nation's
SD>largest VA hospital is here, as well as one of the biggest and most awarded
SD>hospitals (Johnson City Medical Center) and about four other hospitals.  We
SD>have two Wal-Marts, a Target, a Super K-Mart...yet there's at least /TEN/ sm
SD>pharmacies that I know of that are doing quite well and have been in busines
SD>well over 20 years (one is 70 years old).

SD>Remember, this is is a town of about 70,000 people.

SD>So how would Wal-Mart put people out of business with $4 prescriptions?  The
SD>won't.  Wal-Mart attracts mostly lower to middle income people.  A lot of ol
SD>people actually are doing pretty good and they can get their medications
SD>anywhere they want.  A little secret about the $4 prescriptions: Medicare wo
SD>pay for them.  So people who are on Medicare will go where Medicare will pay
SD>for their prescriptions, not where they won't.

SD>Yes, Wal-Mart (and Target) will fill a niche.  But they're not going to kill
SD>off every little pharmacy here in town.

SD>Like I said before, I'm no fan of Wal-Mart, but I don't see them running
SD>everyone out of business, especially here.  What you may not know is that in
SD>order to get another Wal-Mart Supercenter in a town, the first store has to
SD>doing over $1 million a DAY to qualify.  Now if Wal-Mart's pulling that down
SD>and opening another store with all of these other stores still in business a
SD>doing well, what does that say about that theory?

The people making these claims have no love for small pharmacies -- they
have a lot of hatred for Walmart (or any other successful, large
business.)
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