I typed in the number on my prescription of one of the meds I take in google and it took me to a page that showed what the VA system was paying for the drug. They were/are paying .04 cents a pill and are charging me $8.00 copay for a bottle of 84 pills. One month supply

These sunsabiotches need to be brought up on charges and given their day in court. If convicted, punished to the full extent of the law.

Nothing else we do as a society concerning health care matters until we fix this.

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I was at a pharmacy (within a grocery store), it was a January. The older woman in front of me was told that her copay had increased to $25. She told the tech, to put the prescription back, she couldn't afford it.

I'm an idiot, but i stopped the woman and asked her if she would tell me the medication, as I had a senior citizen mother, and I managed all her prescriptions.

The woman said "Simvastatin", now I know this is $10 for a 90 day supply. i walked her back to the pharmacy and we both talked to the Tech. She got the prescription for $10. The Tech kept saying, "but you have insurance" my answer was "but she doesn't have to use it".

and thanks for the reminder

They are hitting me for $100 a clip on more than one RX around here. I'm not filling anything more at present due to lack of funds.

CVS SUCKS!

Another DUer recommended it a while back and I've used it for my most expensive prescription. You can go to the site and check which pharmacies have the lowest price both with and without the GoodRx coupons. The site is free, the service is free and they don't spam you. If you register you can put in all your prescriptions to make it easier to check the prices - and they will send you a card so you don't have to print coupons. Plus I just got an email from them on a recall for one of my generics that neither my doctor or my pharmacy had told me about.

My expensive prescription was $287 without a discount (and WITH insurance). With GoodRx I got it for $29.97 at CVS. Each month I check how expensive it is before getting it filled and transfer that one to the cheapest place.

Thank you! It is very difficult for two people to live on less than $1500/month!

Will check into this! Even one of the doctors I go to told me to mail order from ... Canada!

is this country coming to anyway?

Or with very expensive medications. I hope it can do you some good.

I was hoping that the ACA would set up negotiations and better price control for medications but the pharmaceutical companies wouldn't allow it. It is insane that this country has such high prices for medicine!

$1300 a month is being paid out for these FAUX benefits!

I cannot even find a doctor that wants me as a patient for fucks sake!




We need reform not more of this B.S.

Since when should a person that is paying through the butt have NO ACCESS to a doctor?

No one answers this question, not even Medicare!!!

Without the ACA we couldn't get private insurance at all and my husband would still be working at a job that was wrecking his physical and mental health to get coverage. I let him retire two years before he was eligible for Medicare because we could be covered under the ACA.

Medicare will cost us more - in fact I may stay on an ACA policy because I never paid into Medicare and it will probably cost me more.

ACA is nice because you can look up which doctors will take your policy and select the ones with doctors you like. Unfortunately the company with our policy is quitting ACA after this year and we will have to look for a new one this fall.

what they do to people without insurance, self-paying uninsured people

some, but is sugar coated to the masses, and distressed / left out individuals stories seldom reach the masses.

and yes, I am one of them, a totally disabled American WITH pricey heath insurance and good damn luck finding a doctor and welcome to your Part D Medicare RX drug benefits of $100.00 a pop!

the psychiatrist (paid doctor cash every three months, minimum visit to get script) were priced at $1446 at CVS, $1198 at Walmart, $1572 at Publix. Generics, except for the Venlafaxine XR. CVS was $170. (No membership needed.) Four medications, 90 days supply. I broke down and cried, we had been buying a few pills at a time at CVS, which, of course, is even more expensive.
No one would/could beat the Costco price.

(Big thanks again, to hollysmom, who told me about Costco!!!!)

The poor and uninsured are shamefully ripped off, and must do without or ration.

Costco does not allow them to post their prices but you could use it for price comparison - or discounts if the prices are better.

their directives/actions.

Guess I'm moving to Costco.

agoraphobia, no insurance, very little money, scars the whole family.

Like a damned cancer they are.

Cancerous stores opening up everywhere -- two in the tiny town I live in now.

How I loath you CVS and your buddy Jeb!

Google up: Bush Caremark and see you find would you all please? *shock* guaranteed!

& recommend.

....to replace the profits lost when they stopped selling cancer sticks.