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Originally Posted by Darield
Last week while dealing with a mid-of-the-night medical issue, I discovered that we no longer have an all-night pharmacy anywhere in the Villages. I was shocked. I even called the hospital and they said nothing was open but we could always go the the emergency room. Many people have a $500 copay or higher when a $25-$50 solution is available. This also puts a large burden on our emergency room dealing with issues that don’t require an emergency room. Whether a grandchild forgot their Benadryl and broke out in hives at 1am or the blood pressure cuff stopped working, we need an all-night pharmacy!
After numerous calls to see if any department in The Villages could help with this (the answer is no), I started calling corporate customer service for CVS, Walgreens and Walmart.
The only way to fix this problem is to call with our concerns. When I was talking to CVS on 466, even they said, things are much more difficult now that they are not open all night and they would prefer to be open.
So, I am including the number for corporate customer service for all 3 stores. I am not opening this thread for complaining or even reasons why this happened. I am hoping that if I give the phone number for all three corporations, people will take action! I have to admit, I was on the phone for over a half hour with just one store, but this thread is a call to action. TV will be a safer place for everyone if we have an all-night pharmacy.
CVS – customer Service-no email provided on website – 1 800 746-7287 (800 SHOPCVS)
Walgreens – 1 800 925-4733
You can go to the contact us page and Store Service. You need a specific Walgreens store if you choose to write.
Walmart – 1 800 925-6278 (800 WALMART) - Customer Service is usually pretty fast.
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We are not aware of the exact details of the issue. Many people are on drugs.
We wrestle with insurance companies, medicare and other bureaucracies. I used to travel. Post 9/11 you would go through all kinds of nonsense over drugs in your pocket.
I once left it in my checked bag and the airline lost my bag. A different state, no prescription. Well an adventure. More recently medicare. They insist you buy MAIL ORDER. It is a 14 day supply. Hum that is 28 days what to do on a 30 or 31 day month?
I bought a supply out of pocket.
How I think. Far simpler but I always buy extra bulbs and have a spare tire. A all night pharmacy. They would have to find and pay staff. Unfortunately risk of theft would be high as well.