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    Paul M.

    Since my "best" health insurance had forced me a few years ago to switch from CVS to Walgreens [especially for a 90 day supply], I really do not have much choice with chronic Rx. Since I am in Pismo, it is either 1-2 30 mile drives to either their Atascadero or Santa Maria locations. I choose to deal with this location since it is the 24 hr one. Since I have to deal with Optium Rx, CVS, Walgreens, & sometimes Rite Aid, Costco, or Walmart...depending upon ridiculous price differences...I am familiar. The consistent theme is that no one knows, nor will tell you the real prices of meds in general. You can call the insurance, but they claim they do not know the price unless, they run each & every med. Since many meds have numerous, many times cheaper analogs, in that class, there is really no good way to compare. You run the danger that if it is run thru one pharmacy, the other companies pharmacy will not be approved, since the insurance thinks you filled it there. Walgreens is especially ridiculous with their, what you pay without insurance cost vs. with {$1200 vs. $30}. Many a time, you can find much cheaper with the same, or other other doses, generics, or using the GoodRx app. As you can tell with GoodRx or other on line searches, the price difference are extreme. The only good deals are with certain generics via Walmart, which does not charge an annual membership fee. Other $4/mo drug programs are defunct...such as with Target...since crappy CVS took them over. Costco usually has decent prices for generics. I can see Lyrica costing as much as your first born child, but not simple generics that have been around for decades or more. Most Generic companies not only collude & price fix, but get the bargain basement chemicals from unregulated or poorly regulated "FDA" approved companies in China, India, etc.. The BS about how they need higher cost for R&D is mostly nonsense. The worst offenders have used the benefit of R&D by the US Gov...like NIH...& only put out minor variations & again the corrupt FDA grants another 10 yr patent. Heaven help you if you want a generic that is made by only one company or they collude with others. In addition to this there is a chronic contamination problem with Carcinogens being found over & over again in dozens of FDA approve products. The FDA only inspects a fraction of the 3,000+ foreign companies & really have little enforcement power. The recalls appear hear & there in the news, but if you check the FDA recall website, there are hundreds of violations that are only increasing in frequency. As far as, OTC products are concerned, there are frequent reports & studies that show heavy metal contamination, plus Carcinogens. Even most Teas & Herbs from China are contaminated. Organic can be meaningless, since the lead is airborne from clean wonderful coal...or leaded gas emissions. Your PCP, Pharmacist, & others are unlikely to be of much help, since the whole system is close to Chaos. You can only weight the risks vs. the benefits. Is it worth taking a BP med that slightly increases your Cancer risk vs. getting Hypertensive disease of your brain....and early dementia....in terms of my own mother...yes! For reasons only known to her, despite a lifetime of lying to me about compliance, she ultimately did not get Cancer, but did get gradual Dementia. This devastated not only her brain over several years, but ruined or impacted the lives of those she loved. Needless suffering at the end of life. Similar short sighted "logic" is used for various immunizations now, which can negatively impact far more people than just family & friends. While our country pays far more than any other country for health care, in general, we have horrid results. Ironically, only some of the very rich or very poor get regular care....it is questionable if it is any good, since neither are generally educated consumers. As has been going on for decades, people with money to waste, take way too many Placebo's [like B12 shots minus deficiencies]. Anyway, Walgreens also does a horrid job of communication with you, your doc, & your insurance...but then again CVS has gone down the drain. It is not unusual to make multiple visits to the pharmacy, your MD, and make calls to the insurance to find out if they really have the right drug ready. You can call ahead only to find out that they have one med, but not two others. Excuses can range from, the following: we ran out, they do not make that form anymore, we did a partial fill of a few pills, we need to call your doctor again, it is non-formulary, the insurance denied it for some reason....ad infinitum. Being a healthcare provider as the customer only helps to frustrate you further. Of course, all this decreases compliance & lowers cost for the insurance on a short term basis. On a long term basis, it is an evolving intractable disaster for our society.

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