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MyOwnPeace

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4. Maybe not related, but......

Reply to Grasswire2 (Original post)

Thu May 25, 2023, 10:47 PM

May 2023

I went to the DR. for an aching shoulder the other day and he said we could go 'serious' (MRI) or try a 'shot.'
I was willing to try the 'conservative' route (strike me down for THAT comment!) and he gave me a shot in the shoulder.

Got the 'bill' today (insurance paid it, but STILL!!!) - that bill was $140 for the meds - AND $140 for HIM sticking the needle in me t 'deliver' the meds.

SERIOUSLY?

$140 MORE for sticking the needle in me?

We have a larger problem than Hunter Biden's laptop here.........

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Dr. wrote me a prescription for foot wound -- check out this price. [View all] Grasswire2 May 2023 OP

It is an antibiotic used against resistant bacteria. If insurance is charging you that much, or you JohnSJ May 2023 #1

Rightl But with universal health care it would be $1.45. dchill May 2023 #3

as it is with Medicare Grasswire2 May 2023 #5

Not necessarily with a Medicare part D plan. JohnSJ May 2023 #9

This is why people without insurance die. Laffy Kat May 2023 #2

Maybe not related, but...... MyOwnPeace May 2023 #4

if it can be sold for $1.45 (as it is with medicare)... Grasswire2 May 2023 #6

But...but...R & D rubbersole May 2023 #7

I did think for a moment about the cost of developing the med. Grasswire2 May 2023 #8

Which ought to be against the law. flying_wahini Jun 2023 #12

We you on another antibiotic that failed to clear it up? Warpy May 2023 #10

No. Grasswire2 May 2023 #11