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Measures it wants to negotiate with the white house. so there may be soon a new category related to the shortage, pharmacy technicians. it's leading to store closures across the country and delays on prescriptions. >> reporter: mom of four, heidi strauss, spent more than 16 years as a pharmacy technician at a rite aid. she quit in october. >> all the parts of my job they've truly enjoyed over the years have gone away with pandemic stress and all the unpleasantness that's going on in health care and retail today. >> reporter: pharmacy tech supports the pharmacists, answer calls, work the regi...

In recent months, many pharmacy technicians have quit, saying they’re being asked to do too much for too little pay, increasing the possibility that they will...

We're still seeing cases coming in of young people, unvaccinated, we have to do something drastic to fix this. i think that's encouraging by requiring travel, vaccination for travel. i'm all for it at this point. >> dr. tyson bell, good to talk to you. thank you for spending time with us. it's not just doctors and nurses we're seeing leave the health field lately. it's pharmacy technicians too. they're the folks who fill prescriptions and give out shots at your local pharmacy and they say they're underpaid and undervalued. here's vicky nguyen. >> reporter: mom of four spent more than 16 year...

Stay inside. hopefully that is how people are dealing with it, joe, back to you. >> absolutely, that is not outdoor weather at all. steve paterson, thank you, my friend. many of us are feeling burned out from the stress of the pandemic. that is especially true for health care workers. as vicky wynn tells us, pharmacy technicians as well. >> heidi spent 15 years working as a pharmacy technician. >> all of the parts of my job that i have started to love have gone away with pandemic stress and just all of the unpleasantness in health care and retail today. >> they support the pharmacists, count...

Technicians. >> why are pharmacy techs so fed up? >> i think it comes to the fact we're grossly underpaid across the board. >> reporter: median pay is about $16 an hour, but it's not just wages. >> it was routine to be 300 to 500 scripts past due at any time. >> this means people could be going without their needed medications for days? >> absolutely. >> reporter: nbc spoke to 22 pharmacy technicians across the united states. each said their biggest concern was patient safety. >> in some states you have 60 or 70 pharmacies that are closing for days on end because they don't have the appropriat...