Local pharmacy owners sound alarm on closure crisis at Clare Roundtable

  • Pictured left to right are: Cheila Halsey, owner of Countryside Pharmacy in Stanton, Edmore and Lakeview; Miguel Rodriguez, EVP of American Pharmacies; Tom Kunse, State Rep (R), Clare; John Gross, owner of J Gross, Pharmacy Group (Gateway Pharmacy, Eagle Pharmacy, Harrison Family Pharmacy, Beaverton Family Pharmacy, Flint Family Pharmacy, Swartz Creek Pharmacy); and Josh Gross, Director of Pharmacy J Gross Pharmacy Group.
    Pictured left to right are: Cheila Halsey, owner of Countryside Pharmacy in Stanton, Edmore and Lakeview; Miguel Rodriguez, EVP of American Pharmacies; Tom Kunse, State Rep (R), Clare; John Gross, owner of J Gross, Pharmacy Group (Gateway Pharmacy, Eagle Pharmacy, Harrison Family Pharmacy, Beaverton Family Pharmacy, Flint Family Pharmacy, Swartz Creek Pharmacy); and Josh Gross, Director of Pharmacy J Gross Pharmacy Group.

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    Local pharmacy owners gathered at Gateway Pharmacy in Clare, on May 4, to confront a growing crisis threatening the survival of independent drugstores across Michigan.

    The roundtable event, hosted in partnership with American Pharmacies, brought together pharmacy leaders and State Rep. Tom Kunse (R-Clare) to discuss the “pharmacy closure crisis” that is rapidly hollowing out healthcare access …