Re: Contraceptive access
From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com)
Fri Apr 22 07:08:09 2005
el
the profit margin for the small mom n pop pharmacy is virtually
nonexistent as the CVS's, Walgreens', etc have almost bulk purchased
them into extinction. regarding the profits in the chains, it's almost
at the point that pharmaceuticals are a lost leader - the profit is in
the other stuff they sell.
art
At Fri, 22 Apr 2005, Dr Eberhard W Lisse wrote:
>
>Anna,
>
>I agree with your comments about the industry profits, coming from one
>of the top 5 HIV/AIDS countries but what's the margin of the Pharmacist?
>Here it is 30-50%. So, getting 20-25 Dollars for pushing a box of OCP
>over the counter does counts as f***king fortune.
>
>We try to condomize too, most public institutions have a box standing at
>reception.
>
>el
>
>In message <200504211251.j3LCpSQ32043@dns.obgyn.net>, Anna Meenan, MD writes:
>> el, in this country, the pharmacist is paid a decent salary for what he
>> does, and the f***king fortune goes to the drug companies. OCP's cost
>> anywhere from about 25 to almost 50 doallars a pack, even the generics,
>> though patients who can't afford that can generally (at least in my
>> county) get them for about $10 a pack at the local county health
>> department, which also gives away free condoms by the dozen
>> (literally---there are brown bags containing a dozen condoms each in a
>> basket by the door, and kids as young as 12 can come in and just take a
>> bag).
>>
>> Anna Meenan, MD
>>
>> At Thu, 21 Apr 2005, Dr Eberhard W Lisse wrote:
>> >
>> >In message <200504201950.j3KJouO28646@dns.obgyn.net>, art fougner, md writes
>> :
>> >> just for the sake of argument ...
>> >>
>> >> prior to enrolling in an OB-GYN residency, a Roman Catholic candidate
>> >> knows that abortion training is part of the curriculum. Yet NO resident
>> >> is required to participate in abortions. What is different with your
>> >> hypothetical pharmacist?
>> >>
>> >> am I missing something?
>> >>
>> >> Art
>> >
>> >Yes you are, abortion is not contraception.
>> >
>> >And pushing a box of pills over the counter for which he is paid a
>> >f***king fortune is not putting the suction in.
>> >
>> >el
>>
--
art fougner, md
"If you don't know where you are going, you will wind up somewhere else."
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