WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. — Colorado’s independent and rural pharmacies are struggling to stay afloat. While a new state law aims to help, it won’t provide relief until 2026, leaving pharmacies scrambling to find short-term solutions.
Jenna Eccles, the pharmacy manager of Wheat Ridge Professional Pharmacy, told Denver7 Investigates the 70-year-old family-owned business is hanging by a thread, often forced to fill prescriptions at a loss. She showed how the pharmacy paid $698 for a name-brand prescription, but was only reimbursed $608 by insurance.
“We lost [about]$89 on one bottle, for one month,” Eccles said. “And we can’t take that loss. We’re not surviving. That’s the problem.”…