Should we even have pharmacies? You know, the place you go to pick up the prescription your doctor gives you. The pharmacist divides out the amount the doctor ordered, and gives it to you.
Does this amount to no more than inserting a middle person in the the process? Would it be simpler and less expensive if the medicines were distributed right at the doctors' offices?
One plus of having pharmacists is that it creates jobs and provides employment.
Has any study, though, been done on how much the price of prescriptions is driven up by having pharmacists? It perhaps isn't much, but it would be good to find out.
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