The drug I’ve paid $25/15 pills for the past couple months suddenly jumped up to $140 this week. I tried giving CVS a GoodRX coupon to knock it down to $75 and they told me they no longer accept them.
It’s an important drug to me, but luckily not vital to my survival. Still, fuck this healthcare system.
CVS is CVS Caremark Aetna… They are as big as it gets in healthcare. They are a big 3 PBM ruining the whole system and the number 1 pharmacy chain. If you have any choice at all don’t use them
Goodrx takes money on the back end from stores and sells your info. Most independents don’t use them, but they’ll have an in house price that is usually not going to be much worse than goodrx
Someone in this thread making a joke about assassinating a pharmacist is… I don’t even know what.
CVS did a good job of some areas of wiping out competition in their expansion days so you may not have other options. If that’s really the case, you could fight big with big and see if Amazon has a better rate. Though really it sucks that your insurance would increase the copay so much on you.
Though really it sucks that your insurance would increase the copay so much on you.
Oh, we are way beyond that point. My insurance stopped paying for this drug years ago. Told me I had reached the “lifetime benefit limit”. This is all out of pocket and the price yo-yos constantly. It’s not the first time it’s been this high.
According to a thread I found on the bad place, individual pharmacists can make the decision to reject coupons for prescription drugs. This was per an account that claimed to be a GoodRx rep
If it’s an individual pharmacist doing it, you know where they work, you go give them shit every day.
I won’t fault the guy behind the counter if CVS has a policy. But if that guy behind the counter made the decision? Fuck that guy in particular. He’s gonna hear about it.
Sounds like one of those times you’d be totally justified in putting on your best early-2000s Karen wig, going in, and requesting to Speak To The Manager.
In cvs (or any us retail pharmacy), the store manager has no control over the pharmacist. Ask the the pharmacist for their supervisor contact info. If they present anyone from the front store, ask that person for the pharmacists supervisor info.
I dont recommend going full Karen, mind you, but running one or two discount cards to see if it helps is the fucking minimum.
I was a lead pharm tech in a busy east coast cvs for years. I could not always run each of the 42 discount cards a customer brought in, but good rx for sure, and at least a couple others. And if they wanted, yea over the course of a few days yes, I would run 42 fucking claims and call them and let em know which one knocked 6 bucks off the monthly 1800 out of pocket cost.
The drug I’ve paid $25/15 pills for the past couple months suddenly jumped up to $140 this week. I tried giving CVS a GoodRX coupon to knock it down to $75 and they told me they no longer accept them.
It’s an important drug to me, but luckily not vital to my survival. Still, fuck this healthcare system.
Hi, I’m an independent pharmacist
CVS is CVS Caremark Aetna… They are as big as it gets in healthcare. They are a big 3 PBM ruining the whole system and the number 1 pharmacy chain. If you have any choice at all don’t use them
Goodrx takes money on the back end from stores and sells your info. Most independents don’t use them, but they’ll have an in house price that is usually not going to be much worse than goodrx
Someone in this thread making a joke about assassinating a pharmacist is… I don’t even know what.
CVS did a good job of some areas of wiping out competition in their expansion days so you may not have other options. If that’s really the case, you could fight big with big and see if Amazon has a better rate. Though really it sucks that your insurance would increase the copay so much on you.
Oh, we are way beyond that point. My insurance stopped paying for this drug years ago. Told me I had reached the “lifetime benefit limit”. This is all out of pocket and the price yo-yos constantly. It’s not the first time it’s been this high.
They dont accept goodrx? https://support.goodrx.com/hc/en-us/articles/115004952983-My-pharmacy-won-t-accept-GoodRx-What-do-I-do apparently you can call them if needed. I’ve never used it myself though.
According to a thread I found on the bad place, individual pharmacists can make the decision to reject coupons for prescription drugs. This was per an account that claimed to be a GoodRx rep
That’s even better.
If it’s an individual pharmacist doing it, you know where they work, you go give them shit every day.
I won’t fault the guy behind the counter if CVS has a policy. But if that guy behind the counter made the decision? Fuck that guy in particular. He’s gonna hear about it.
Luigi used a silencer.
Go to a local pharmacy if you can. They are sooo much better.
Sounds like one of those times you’d be totally justified in putting on your best early-2000s Karen wig, going in, and requesting to Speak To The Manager.
In cvs (or any us retail pharmacy), the store manager has no control over the pharmacist. Ask the the pharmacist for their supervisor contact info. If they present anyone from the front store, ask that person for the pharmacists supervisor info.
I dont recommend going full Karen, mind you, but running one or two discount cards to see if it helps is the fucking minimum.
I was a lead pharm tech in a busy east coast cvs for years. I could not always run each of the 42 discount cards a customer brought in, but good rx for sure, and at least a couple others. And if they wanted, yea over the course of a few days yes, I would run 42 fucking claims and call them and let em know which one knocked 6 bucks off the monthly 1800 out of pocket cost.