In alt.home.repair, on Mon, 9 Sep 2019 07:50:53 -0400, Ralph Mowery
wrote:

In article ,
says...
...who ought to be smart enough to shop at the big boxes most of the
time rather than pay drug store chains' jacked up prices...

My insurance co-pay is the same wherever I get a prescription filled.




Same with my insurance.

However some is not on the formulary and not covered by the insurance.
Then it is time to shop around and look into the Good Rx web site.
Sometimes the doctor can put in a special request to the insurance
company and get the price lowered somewhat.

I had a back pain, saw an orthopedist, he probably mentioned ibuprofin
or some thing. Second time I saw him, mentioned in passing that they
really didnt' do anything, which I guess to most ears means I want
something eles.

He gave me another prescription and after they filled it, even with
insurance they wanted $100. I guess I could have cancelled it even
then, but I bought it. It didnt' do much either. Later, anotehr doctor
told me it was no stronger, just a little different.

Same orthopedist, end of second appointment, after the MRI pretty much
finds nothing, tells me 10 pounds of fat is equivalent to 40 or 50
pounds of soemthing or other. Hadn't said a word about my being fat
until I brought it up. Of course I knew being fat was hard on my back
but I didn't know about 10 vs. 40 thing. He should have told me from
the start. Did he think I didnt' know I was fat?