North
Dakotans are used to pharmacists like Schlecht and used to having
pharmacies in small towns like Forman. In North Dakota, there are no
Walgreens or Walmart pharmacies. Instead, North Dakotans get their
medications from the 171 independent and locally-owned pharmacies
throughout the state. This is no accident: It’s the result of a
forward-thinking policy choice, the Pharmacy Ownership Law, that since
1963, has given North Dakotans pharmacy care that outperforms care in
other states on every key measure, from cost to access.
In
North Dakota, prescription drug prices are more affordable than in
two-thirds of all states. Pharmacies are more plentiful, with more per
capita than in neighboring South Dakota, Minnesota, or nationally, and
they’re more broadly distributed; North Dakota’s rural areas are 51
percent more likely to contain a pharmacy than similarly-populated areas
of South Dakota. And in general, independent pharmacies provide higher
quality care, studies and surveys of customer satisfaction find.
North
Dakota reaps economic benefits, too, from this local ownership. Without
the Pharmacy Ownership Law, a 2014 report from ILSR estimated, about 70
of North Dakota’s independent pharmacies would close. Chain pharmacies
headquartered around the country and out-of-state mail order companies
would fill the gap, and ILSR estimates that direct economic losses to
the state’s economy would be at least $17 million, and as high as $29
million, without accounting for indirect impacts such as lost tax
revenue.
Instead of focusing on corporate profits, North Dakota’s
policy prioritizes health care, and the state’s residents are the ones
who benefit.
What many people don't know... because they don't care to simply look up information right in front of them, is the war on women in countries like Iran... is not a "oh they've always been like that" kind of thing. Nope. The women that are grandmothers and great-grandmothers now had a wonderful, free, happy life and wore normal clothing and enjoyed life.
Slowly the men (with the excuse of religion) imparted more and more rules and 'laws' on the women, demanded more things little by little until they lost all their rights, and even the right to dress normally. The little girls born and raised during this time got 'used' to it and grew up thinking this was ok (brainwashed) and raised their babies this way.
It only takes 1-2 generations to change... well, everything. Check this out:
Now look at the beautiful women from the 60's and 70's... same country (Iran) but a lifestyle when women had rights and more freedom.
This Iranian woman has been arrested and basically kidnapped to an undisclosed location to be held because she posted photos of herself working out... without a hijab on.
These are small children... in America... being taught their 'culture' and 'religion'
and singing about chopping off the heads and spilling blood of infidels. (Us... they are talking about us. In our own country they have come to.)
