GF has to take a medication, 30 day supply. With insurance it's typically $1200 a month. Without, $1000. Her sister is a pharmacist at a hospital just down the road. Said she can get a family discount on the exact same medicine, they will sell it to family members at cost. Great so we run down there with the script from the dr. Her sister fills it and we go to pay for it, $7. That's for the entire month's supply.
One would say that they're raping us. In theory yes. But remember there are costs involved. It costs to work with the insurance companies, the PBM's, basically everything has a cost and it all adds up. Oh and don't forget that the hospital, doctor, pharmacist, pharmacies, etc--all have employees that need to be paid and that adds into it too.
but it still is ridiculous
And those costs keep going up and up and more up; and in part because of more regulations and laws that cause price increases. Sure wish there was an easy solution to it. I suppose I could quit my job and become unemployed and after a while might start getting stuff for free but I'm not sure that's even worth it.
One would say that they're raping us. In theory yes. But remember there are costs involved. It costs to work with the insurance companies, the PBM's, basically everything has a cost and it all adds up. Oh and don't forget that the hospital, doctor, pharmacist, pharmacies, etc--all have employees that need to be paid and that adds into it too.
but it still is ridiculous
And those costs keep going up and up and more up; and in part because of more regulations and laws that cause price increases. Sure wish there was an easy solution to it. I suppose I could quit my job and become unemployed and after a while might start getting stuff for free but I'm not sure that's even worth it.