--- In [email protected], "Ray Bradley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Good, because I was getting a little weirded out by how dangerously > close that was getting to an abortion debate. For me, Target does > enough good things for their communities, through environmental clean- > up, orphanages in Minnesota, community playgrounds, etc... to make a > pharamcuetical ethics issue seem somewhat minor in comparison. It's > not like they own the only place to get medicine in town. >
But in some small towns, they *are* the only place. When big-box corporations undercut the prices of mom-and-pop pharmacies, the latter are frequently driven out of business, leaving residents with only one local option for getting their drugs. It's particularly tough on low-income people who have unreliable (or no) vehicles. The bus runs once an hour (if at all), or you have to take a cab to the store, or bum a ride from a neighbor. Then you get to the store, and the pharmacist says, "Sorry, I don't approve of this prescription. Bye-bye." What are you supposed to do? The bus doesn't run to the next town, or you just spent all of your allocated funds on the cab fare, or the neighbor actually has more things to do than chauffeur you around from pharmacy to pharmacy. I haven't had the specific pharmacy problem, but I have been broke in a small town without a car or decent public transit, and it's no picnic. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> See what's inside the new Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/2pRQfA/bOaOAA/yQLSAA/vzIolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/weingartenchatters/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
