No, what happened is the same thing that's been happening to smaller retail shops, grocery stores and so forth. Smaller pharmacies are either obliterated by larger stores using economy of scale to undercut and kill competition, or they're bought out by larger corporations, hollowed out and then consolidated.
You can look at the history of Bartell Drugs in WA. They were sold to Rite Aid, Rite Aid went under because of them being a shitty business and so most Bartells have closed down or are practically dead. And without replacement, that means there's now fewer pharmacies and the ones remaining are understaffed and overworked.
You can look at the history of Bartell Drugs in WA. They were sold to Rite Aid, Rite Aid went under because of them being a shitty business and so most Bartells have closed down or are practically dead. And without replacement, that means there's now fewer pharmacies and the ones remaining are understaffed and overworked.