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My pharmacist pulled me aside about my mom's $340 inhaler and what she said stuck with me
My mom's COPD inhaler jumped from $80 to $340 at the counter in March, and the pharmacist quietly told me to check the manufacturer's savings card before paying cash. I figured she was just pushing some coupon gimmick, but I looked it up that night and got it down to $45. Then I found out the same drug costs $12 in Canada, which made me wonder why the card even exists if the price is that fake to begin with. Anyone else had a pharmacist give them the real talk like that, or was mine just nicer than most?
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willowg8815d ago
The savings card thing gets even weirder once you realize the manufacturer sets both prices. They jack up the sticker price to make insurance "negotiate" it down, then hand you a card so you don't notice you're still paying way more than it costs to make. Your pharmacist basically did you a solid that the whole system depends on people not knowing about.
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