If you want to spend hours waiting for prescriptions to be filled, only to be given the run-around about insurance not approving it, or your copay suddenly jumping 600%, then by all means, go here.
I have given this pharmacy more chances than I care to admit to get their act together, and time after time they have proven they simply don't know what they're doing.
Once, i needed my son's albuterol. The same medication I had been filling for over a year. The same insurance. Same employer... no changes, yet one day, SUDDENLY, they claimed my insurance was not authorizing Albuterol. Ridiculous right? why all of a sudden? The pharmacy could give no explanation and said they were trying to work with insurance to find out why but were getting no resolution. After working with my son's pediatrician and making a call to the insurance myself, miraculously the prescription was filled.
Several months later my doctor placed me on a particular medication. I filled it the first month, with no issues, Month two I went to fill it, and Walgreens went from charging me $5 to $655. Nothing about the medication had changed, yet somehow, AGAIN, my "insurance" was no longer covering that portion of the cost. It simply made no sense, and as a result, i went without the medication since i could not afford $600 and did not have the time or energy to work with the insurance to figure out the issue.
Again, this month, my daughter was prescribed ADHD medications. Her doctor sent a refill order for her before Thanksgiving break, to ensure we had time to get it before her return to school. After making several trips to the pharmacy and waiting over an hour each time and having to leave, I was able to get through the line, only to be told that my "insurance" was no longer honoring the generic brand of her medication and was requiring a purchase of the name-brand. When i asked what the co-pay for the name brand medication would cost, I was told TWO MILLION DOLLARS. This sounds fake, right? I gasped, shook my head and asked for clarification. It was repeated. I again, clarified by asking "two million dollars, like, more than I paid for my home?" The pharmacist only nodded and again, suggested I contact my insurance as they had not gotten anywhere with them.
Two weeks later, I had my medications filled at CVS with no concerns about insurance, and no copay exceeding $15. Walgreens has me baffled at what kind of scam they're running. Do people actually pay exorbitant copays simply out of desperation and fatigue from waiting an hour+ each time? I certainly don't expect anyone would EVER fork over 2 mil, but $600? potentially. I just don't understand this. I can't get past it, and I'm done giving them chance after chance to get their service together. read more