We need a permanent fix and that will take some time. It's going to take a commitment at the community, professional and state level to come up with a solution.

It's time to step up and make a commitment. There's so much at stake. So many possibilities. They're struggling to operate on a shoestring. It's time to step up and make a major difference.

In the event there is a problem, the pharmacies would be subject to a remedy imposed by the state. When the pharmacies are contracted, the only remedy is a civil action.

We've seen a stabilizing of the market. We're not seeing 80 or 100 percent increases.

We are already at or near the bottom nationally in the number of doctors, particularly specialists, statewide. Just the rate of growth and size of the (Las Vegas) community have made this a critical situation to the point where hospitals are routinely understaffed throughout the valley.

We are already awfully thin. If we were to have any additional strain on the system, we could have a major crisis.