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Rite Aid Closures Impacting Valley Communities
- Rite Aid announced it is going out of business and closing all stores in the Coachella Valley, including the 29 Palms location closing on July 2nd, 2025.
- The closures follow Rite Aid’s voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing in early May 2025, marking its second bankruptcy and prompting a strategic sale process for most assets.
- Rite Aid added over 120 stores to the latest closure list, including locations in Palmyra and Lebanon County, while agreements transfer prescription files to companies like CVS and Giant Eagle.
- Rob Frankil of the Philadelphia Association of Retail Druggists said the closures risk creating pharmacy deserts, and Parekh warned some customers likely lack enough time to find alternatives.
- These closures could exacerbate regional pharmacy shortages and force customers to seek medications at smaller independent pharmacies that face financial challenges due to low reimbursement rates.
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Lina Robles The closures of the seven Rite Aid pharmacies in the Coachella Valley have caused concern among customers and uncertainty for employees who are losing their jobs. The 29 Palms branch will cease operations today, and any remaining prescriptions will be sent to the Cathedral City pharmacy, forcing customers to travel approximately 60 miles to pick up their prescriptions. In the Coachella Valley, the Rite Aid pharmacies that have not ye…
Rite Aid closures impacting Valley communities
29 PALMS, Calif. (KESQ) Another national retailer is shutting down locations across our valley. rite aid is closing all of its stores in the coachella valley and that's leaving customers scrambling to fill prescriptions and workers uncertain about their futures. The doors are still open but not for long. rite aid’s 29 palms location is one of the last in the valley still operating… until Wednesday. "So basically, Rite Aid announced that the comp…
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Consumer Alert: DE Insurance Commissioner Navarro Issues Bulletin on Patient Protections Amid Rite Aid Closures
As Rite Aid has commenced Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings resulting in many pharmacy closures in Delaware, Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro has issued a consumer protection bulletin to help patients maintain access to their medications. The bulletin outlines steps insurers and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) must take—such as covering emergency refills, simplifying prescription transfers, and ensuring fair reimbursement to pharmacies t…
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