‘Filling at a loss’

Local pharmacies face extinction at the hands of corporate middlemen

Tim’s Pharmacy owner Kim Kaminski works to check prescription statuses before closing for the day. BRIAN WELLMEIER/Special

Owners of local pharmacies across northeast Georgia say large national conglomerates acting as pharmacy benefit managers – or PBMs – continue to drive them out of business. PBMs act as third…

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