Can Independent Pharmacies Survive?




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Summary: Independent pharmacies say they’re being squeezed to the brink of closing by the sharp rise in prescription drug prices. We’ll discuss how pharmacy benefit managers affect the flow of customers to big and small drugstores, with guests: David Reich-Hale, business of health care reporter, Newsday Christopher Hoffman, reporter, Connecticut Health I-Team Bob Grisnik, Pharm.D., pharmacist and owner, Southrifty Drugs Alok Bhatt, R.Ph., pharmacist, and Charul Bhatt, owners, Trumbull Pharmacy Janice D