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JCMach1

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13. Why I hate hate hate the US system that doesn't allow you to just pop by the pharmacist

Reply to CFLDem (Original post)

Thu Dec 19, 2013, 12:33 PM

Dec 2013

when you know exactly what you need...

If I knew I only needed a non-restricted medication, I would just go to the pharmacist.

Not anymore... back here in the US with our crappy crappy system.

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I love our medical system! [View all] CFLDem Dec 2013 OP

Have you never had insurance before? Skidmore Dec 2013 #1

It's still ridiculous. CFLDem Dec 2013 #2

"That is how a policy works." NoOneMan Dec 2013 #4

Agree for deductibles, but which country or system does not have copay? Mass Dec 2013 #5

Canada for one NoOneMan Dec 2013 #6

Well, if you live here that is how it works. Skidmore Dec 2013 #8

For profit health care, an idea only a healthy moron or a Wall Street parasite could love. n/t Egalitarian Thug Dec 2013 #3

You should have found out how much the visit was before you went. darkangel218 Dec 2013 #7

I looked at them CFLDem Dec 2013 #9

Ahh i see. darkangel218 Dec 2013 #10

Walgreens writes prescriptions?... TeeYiYi Dec 2013 #11

Some Walgreens, the ones which have the Minute Clinic. darkangel218 Dec 2013 #12

Why I hate hate hate the US system that doesn't allow you to just pop by the pharmacist JCMach1 Dec 2013 #13

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