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Attorneys met with members at the 2023 NCPA Annual Convention yesterday to explain the ins and outs of a class action lawsuit filed against vertically consolidated CVS Health, Caremark, and Aetna in September, which aims to recoup for independent pharmacies millions of dollars in DIR fees. For several hours, they held open office hours along the main concourse of the Orange County Convention Center, where a steady stream of members came through for more information.
BRATTLEBORO—The closing of the 83-year-old Hotel Pharmacy on Elliot Street on Jan. 17 marked the end of so many eras like a Shakespearian tragedy without the poetry. Much sadness. Many tears. Emptying shelves. Emptying space. A sense of emptying lives. The end of family-run pharmacies in Brattleboro. The .
“Insurance company reimbursements to us are so low, we can’t make any money,” said the owner of Brattleboro’s Hotel Pharmacy, whose closure this week drops the number of Vermont mom-and-pops from upward of 50 a decade ago to 16 today.