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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...

Support the pharmacists, answer calls, work the register and more. but increasingly, they're quiting. in a survey of independent owners, 90% say they can't find technicians. why are pharmacy techs so fed up? >> i think a lot of it comes to the fact that we are grossly underpaid across the board. >> median pay is $16 a hour. >> it was routine in my store when i was leaving to be 300 to 500 scripts past due at any given time. >> people could be going without their needed medications for days? >> absolutely. >> reporter: nbc news spoke 22 pharmacy technicians. each said their biggest concern was ...

The appropriate staff. >> reporter: al carter leads the national association of boards of pharmacy. he says the shortage of pharmacy techs has led to a spike in mistakes. >> in the last three or four months, i received probably double the number of patient letters than i have in the last year. >> reporter: we reached out to the country's leading pharmacy chains, rite aid said, we are temporarily closing most of your pharmacies one hour early to allow our pharmacy teams to catch up from the day and prep for the next. cvs and walgreens acknowledged workforce shortages. walgreens saying it review...

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Ironically, the money will be distributed by an agency created by the health reform law which the supreme court agreed to decide the constitutionality of. and which is one of the things that so angered republicans they, basically, dug in their heels on pretty much all of the president's legislative proposals. the agency will look for ways to deliver health care that rely less on traditional trips to the doctor's office, expand the role of community centers and pharmacy techs. mr. obama's medicare administrator says the money will open the inbox for innovators with ideas on how to do that. jenn...