More Rite Aid closures leave Washington towns at risk of becoming ‘pharmacy deserts’

Community pharmacy leaders in Washington say they are not being reimbursed fairly for the medications they fill for their patients.

GRANITE FALLS, Wash. — As Rite Aid continues its wave of pharmacy closures across Washington state, rural communities are beginning to feel the effects, and pharmacists say the industry is nearing a dangerous tipping point.

In Granite Falls, the city’s only big-box pharmacy has officially shut its doors. The former Rite Aid store, once a reliable stop for local prescriptions, now greets customers with a sign in the drive-thru window that says “Closed,” and says all leftover prescriptions have been transferred to the Bartell Drugs in

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