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It's also worth noting that pharmacy lobbyists lobbied hard so that pharmacist could give vaccines. So they sort of asked for that work load.
by Simulacra 3y ago
It's also worth noting that pharmacy lobbyists lobbied hard so that pharmacist could give vaccines. So they sort of asked for that work load.
- olyjohn 3y agoThis is an odd comment. Do you think CVS and Walgreens pharmacists working in retail locations have anything to do with the pharmacy lobby? I kinda doubt it. I doubt hourly employees at the stores were clamoring at the bit to have more things to do in the same shift.
- 0xDEAFBEAD 3y agoWell, someone else in this thread claimed that the root of the problem was CVS and Walgreens operating in an "unregulated free market". Sounds like maybe the market has regulation, but it's shaped to benefit incumbents. I would guess that regulation is the main cause of the duopoly. I don't see anything obvious about the structure of the industry that should push it towards just a few major players, except the presence of regulation.