PBMs, private equity, and health insurance companies are what are crushing pharmacy margins. AI voice assistants will not last as a solution imho.

https://nashp.org/state-tracker/state-pharmacy-benefit-manag...

https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/boom-the-break-up-of-big-...

https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/inside-the-mafia-of-pharm...

https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/the-real-reason-walgreens...

> But the real reason Walgreens, and the pharmacy business in general, is dying, is because of a failure to enforce antitrust laws against unfair business methods and illegal mergers. Elson touched on it when he mentioned lower reimbursement rates, but I don’t think people appreciate the full scope of what happened to Walgreens, and to the full pharmacy business in general. This is not a case of bad management, it’s a case of desperate management.