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America is in the Darkest Timeline, for health care/"insurance."
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My doctor prescribed me a medication. Insurance won't cover it. OK.

So she sent me to GoodRX.com to get a code I can use. Fine.

I figure I'll just hit my normal drugstore. For reasons I do NOT understand, my normal CVS/Walgreens wants > $350 for this medication, even with the code. wtf? Local grocery store? $24.

Healthcare in the US is awesome.
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Is one the original and one a generic?
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Leisher wrote: Is one the original and one a generic?
Same medication for the entire discussion, and generic.
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The CVS/Walgreen one had to be some kind of coding error.
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Leisher wrote: The CVS/Walgreen one had to be some kind of coding error.
Nope. It's actually listed on GoodRX's website that way. CVS/Walgreen each own drug distribution/wholesalers (pharmacy benefit managers), iirc. So GoodRx probably only deals with pharmacies that are not tied to drug wholesalers, and acts like their pharmacy benefit manager.
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