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djean111

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4. All one has to do is call the various pharmacies and ask the price

Reply to Stuart G (Reply #3)

Sat Mar 30, 2013, 01:17 PM

Mar 2013

for the drug, for the generic if there is one, tell them how many - and then utter the magic phrase - no insurance.
I literally started crying with relief the first time I picked up my son's meds at Costco - we had been struggling for a long time, buying 5 pills at a time (there is a surcharge for that, ya know) and scouring the net for overseas stuff.

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Study:CVS, Rite Aid, and Other Chain Pharmacies Sell Generics at Up to 18 Times Cost, Think Progres: [View all] Stuart G Mar 2013 OP

It's not just prescription drugs. s-cubed Mar 2013 #1

I have posted about the ridiculous mark-ups elsewhere - djean111 Mar 2013 #2

What you have posted above is hard to believe. Stuart G Mar 2013 #3

All one has to do is call the various pharmacies and ask the price djean111 Mar 2013 #4

This is a must read jsr Mar 2013 #5

Everyone, check out those 2 online pharmacies . . . Brigid Mar 2013 #6

what is the real problem here? quadrature Mar 2013 #7

The real problem here is simple.: greed: Stuart G Mar 2013 #9

FYI, you don't have to have a Costco card TexasBushwhacker Mar 2013 #8