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In reply to the discussion: The stunning truth about healthcare pricing [View all]tclambert
(11,085 posts)25. My daily medication turns out to cost less if I pay cash.
The insurance company wanted to change the terms of the prescription my doctor wrote so I'd have to refill it every month rather than once every three months. While I was complaining about this to the pharmacist ("Hey, this is not what my doctor ordered!" "The insurance company won't cover it that way." , the pharmacist mentioned that my particular medication is actually really cheap. He could sell me three months' worth for $10, the same as the co-pay the insurance required.
So we could go through the insurance company's red tape, triple the number of trips to the pharmacy--all for no savings at all to me. Or I could pay cash, get what the doctor ordered, save effort--and wonder why the insurance system works so stupidly.
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I don't have insurance & I've always had great difficulty in getting healthcare facilities to tell
HiPointDem
May 2012
#17
I wonder whether those cash rates are allowed for people with insurance but a high deductible?
renate
May 2012
#37
Thank dog people are getting obama a progressive congress instead of bitching...
uponit7771
May 2012
#4
Obama the bi-partisan president. Which only serves to screw over the majority of Americans.
SammyWinstonJack
May 2012
#78
Excellent job pointing the finger at Congress rather than the guy that pushed it and signed it.
progressoid
May 2012
#34
A bargain. The $ that the Insurance Mafia paid to buy Baucus Lieberman and Obama
kenny blankenship
May 2012
#41
Using our precious healthcare dollars to fatten the wallets of for-profit investors....
Scuba
May 2012
#22
The viciousness of the Health Care "Debate" was evidence enough for a lifetime!
Moostache
May 2012
#42
The average CEO is earning $9 mil, the medical personnel does not make this much.
Thinkingabout
May 2012
#49
I have the feeling that either the question or answer was misunderstood .....
oldhippie
May 2012
#60
So of course the solution is to force everyone to purchase insurance from these
SammyWinstonJack
May 2012
#77
Kicked and recommended for highlighting what logic and common sense should tell anyone even
Uncle Joe
May 2012
#80