{"id":39883,"date":"2025-02-28T12:23:07","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T20:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=39883"},"modified":"2025-02-28T12:23:09","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T20:23:09","slug":"supervisor-fielder-eyes-a-city-backed-pharmacy-co-op-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2025\/02\/28\/supervisor-fielder-eyes-a-city-backed-pharmacy-co-op-network\/","title":{"rendered":"Supervisor Fielder Eyes a City-Backed Pharmacy Co-op Network"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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27 FEBRUARY 2025\/SF NEWS<\/a>\/LEANNE MAXWELL<\/a> (SFist.com)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Walgreens shutters more locations<\/a> this month, the city is exploring the idea of a pharmacy co-op model to prevent \u201cpharmacy deserts<\/a>” in low-income areas, via bulk purchasing and independent pharmacy partnerships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Mission Local<\/a>, Supervisor Jackie Fielder has tasked the Budget and Legislative Analyst with investigating how the city could support a pharmacy co-op network, allowing independent and city-run pharmacies to work together, potentially bypassing pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) who control drug pricing and reimbursements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PBMs, which oversee 95% of U.S. prescriptions, have been criticized<\/a> for squeezing independent pharmacies with opaque pricing and low reimbursements\u2014issues that a Federal Trade Commission report confirmed are driving closures nationwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The analyst’s investigation will also assess the feasibility of bulk medication purchasing by the Department of Public Health, which could help struggling local pharmacies avoid months-long waits for reimbursement from insurers. While city-run pharmacy co-ops are rare, KQED notes that the idea echoes<\/a> Mark Cuban\u2019s Cost Plus<\/a> drug venture, which has apparently received mixed reviews<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With input from local pharmacy owners, the upcoming report will outline potential funding sources, operational needs, and legal hurdles for a co-op model. The results are expected in five to six months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FYI: The 1524 Polk Street Walgreens location <\/em>didn’t end up closing<\/em><\/a>!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Image: Joe’s Pharmacy; Eskil O.\/Yelp<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Previously:<\/strong> Walgreens Closing 12 SF Stores In Late February, Here\u2019s a Map Showing Which Ones are Closing<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

27 FEBRUARY 2025\/SF NEWS\/LEANNE MAXWELL (SFist.com) As Walgreens shutters more locations this month, the city is exploring the idea of a pharmacy co-op model to prevent \u201cpharmacy deserts” in low-income areas, via bulk purchasing and independent pharmacy partnerships. According to Mission Local, Supervisor Jackie Fielder has tasked the Budget and Legislative Analyst… Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39883"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39883"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39883\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39885,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39883\/revisions\/39885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}