Re: “What the lack of downtown Seattle’s final Bartell Medicine says in regards to the chain’s decline” [Dec. 15, Business]:
It doesn’t take a lot to understand that there’s a pharmacy-access disaster on this group. Each week we hear in regards to the closing of one other Bartell Medicine. There’s now no Bartell drugstore within the downtown space of Seattle, solely Walgreens and CVS, and each of these are having points with their pharmacists. The road ready for prescriptions on the Bartell’s on high of Queen Anne has been getting very lengthy.
Dwelling supply is an possibility, however one massive Medicare Benefit plan has determined to not use Costco anymore for house supply.
Well being care decision-makers need to acknowledge the disaster earlier than it grows worse. The federal authorities has acted to decrease drug costs for Medicare enrollees however, if they’ve issue getting their prescriptions stuffed, then the final hyperlink within the chain of prescription entry has been damaged.
Maureen Searle, Seattle
