The front line of apologizing for the disaster of Obamacare will be the retail pharmacists. They don’t bill online at the doctor’s office. That comes later in the mail. So most of these people will waltz into the pharmacy expecting to get whatever they want for free. And they will yell, like their Medicaid brethren, at the person standing there representing “The Man.”
I remember hearing from the chairman of a major pharmacy chain in a personal presentation. Saying he thought a plan like this would be nifty.
Well, it turns out that that golden goose needs some golden food, and oh will you accept its golden eggs on credit?
“The front line of apologizing for the disaster of Obamacare will be the retail pharmacists. They don’t bill online at the doctor’s office. That comes later in the mail. So most of these people will waltz into the pharmacy expecting to get whatever they want for free. And they will yell, like their Medicaid brethren, at the person standing there representing “The Man.”
Walmart may be anticipating this.
They have lowered the price of many of their top 100 generic drugs in a unique way.
My bp drug used to cost $10 for a 3 month supply, now it only comes in a monthly supply at $1.77. My CVS mail in plan would cost me $24 for 3 months. So now I pay $5.31 for a 90 day supply at Walmart. I get the same generic at Walmart now and before.
Obviously, Walmart wants me in more often, so to avoid more pharmacy trips,I arranged for 2 non generics Rxes to be covered once a month and be filled with my BP meds @Walmart. The two brand name drugs cost me $20 a month versus the CVS mail in $45 for 3 months for each drug. 90 day cost at CVS = $90 versus $60 for 3 months at Walmart.
That is a $30 savings every 90 days or $120 a year on the two non generic rxes. The Walmart is 1.2 miles away and is the closest place for many groceries, again at a savings. So we don’t waste gas driving for our rxes.
My wife will be looking at her drugs to see what she can save on. Her Celebrex would be much more expensive at Walmart, but she might do very well savings wise at Walmart for her other drugs.
Walmart pharmacy notifies me by text when my Rxes are ready to pickup.
Costco apparently has similar prices. A friend at our church was terminal for a few months this past summer, and some of us bought picked up his Rxes at their local Costco. I was amazed at how low their prices were.