tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684250999334358862.comments2023-12-19T00:39:30.338-08:00Crazy RxManCrazy RxManhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07077488214299929481noreply@blogger.comBlogger3663125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684250999334358862.post-28922448628022778942021-04-02T01:57:06.631-07:002021-04-02T01:57:06.631-07:00I work in a pharmacy and all this information is s...I work in a pharmacy and all this information is spot on. <br /><br />1. I haven't personally looked into goodrx's privacy policy, however, I know they are not able to generate a profit without selling ads and/or data, as it goes with any free services offered.<br /><br />2. The issue of fragmentation is referring to the idea that the consumer uses different pharmacies to fill different prescriptions based solely on price. That limits a pharmacies ability to screen for drug interactions if they aren't aware of all the drugs a patient is taking. That's the danger. Every prescription is looked over by the pharmacist to assess safety, but if they are missing information, they can't properly protect their patients.<br /><br />3. Many people treat pharmacies like a fast food operation where they expect everything to be done within minutes. Drive thrus also contribute to that mentality. It can be disheartening to go through 4 years of graduate school to be yelled at about prices by customers, which, btw, we have no control over since their insurance usually dictates their copays and the cash prices get inflated because people are saving so much that it's the only way to not end up in the red. Something people don't know about pharmacies is that they usually don't turn much of a profit at all. They are very expensive to run with the appropriate staffing and chain pharmacies make the majority of their profits at the front end of the stores.<br /><br />4. Working in a pharmacy is an extremely stressful job with many moving parts. Pharmacists often do not take lunch breaks because there isn't time to get all the work they need to get done finished in time for closing. Both pharmacists and technicians are on their feet for up to 12 hours without sitting. <br /><br />If a goodrx coupon saves a patient a substantial amount of money, I'm all for taking the time to re-run the prescription, however, if it's just to save a few bucks and it's multiple prescriptions with multiple goodrx coupons it is very time consuming. I imagine stores get annoyed with those extreme couponers at the front end because they slow everything down for everyone else, but in a pharmacy it's even more time consuming because we have to type all the information on the card into the system, reprocess the prescription and change labels, which requires a pharmacist to check off to make sure the patient gets the correct medication. <br /><br />5. Believe me, insurance saves more than goodrx the overwhelming majority of the time and the pricing listed on their site are not always accurate. They often require you to input the exact drug, strength and quantity because the insurance codes are very specific and often people do it incorrectly and cause even more time to be wasted. It is so incredibly rare for a goodrx to save more than insurance. In the past 4 months I've worked in the pharmacy, I've seen it happen 0 times. <br /><br />A better option would be something like walgreens offers with their prescription savings plan for only $20 annually to help with coverage gaps with insurance. Signing someone up for that can save hundreds of dollars, even with the annual fee. I recently saved someone about $80 on one prescription, including the annual fee. <br /><br />Goodrx may be better for those that don't have insurance and aren't on any chronic medications to just help with the cost of an antibiotic when it doesn't matter that they're shopping around based on price because they aren't taking any other medications that could interact with their new antibiotic. But this article brings up a lot of good points that people often don't think about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684250999334358862.post-69707222277530496032021-03-30T20:13:55.990-07:002021-03-30T20:13:55.990-07:00I call out crazy. I tried for 3 months to use the ...I call out crazy. I tried for 3 months to use the good rx card at a big local grocery pharmacy approved by good rx . Pharmacist kept saying it would cost me more And denied good rx every which way I tried. I had a Good rx card on file ,I have the App, I tried coupons on at least 7 occasion over 3 month period . My insurance denied my medication and has for 6 yrs not the meds they denied but the dose / quantity was denied . I take a lower does but 4 times a day not once a day. <br /> Pharmacist kept saying it would cost more than my insurance . Card wouldn’t work, coupon no good etc. I<br />Payed $126,00 in January , $355,00<br />In February, March $36,00. Pharmacist he didn’t want<br />Me<br />circumventing the system he said I didn’t know what that ment but I didn’t like the sound of it ? Now I have been on this medication for 8 yrs . I will never meet my high deductable unless of a major health crisis . Is he a accusing me of wrong doing ? After reading crazy’s thoughts .I believe he was accusing me now !!! Ok then is my pharmacist running my script however he please then At night when he closes out his registrar . Rerunning my script under good rx and pocketing the difference ? ... I had good rx call the pharmacy my cost 17.00. . 1/2 the price of the 36,00<br />I paid for insurance . <br /><br />Where is the other approx $445,00 I had coupons for ????<br />Call good rx if you have an issue with a pharmacist that is charging you to much! If this is how we all get a break on medication I say use it ! Pissed and tiredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15923259171696322420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684250999334358862.post-61494280978381768332021-03-26T23:11:41.098-07:002021-03-26T23:11:41.098-07:00I worked with this woman, she is absolutely a horr...I worked with this woman, she is absolutely a horrible person. I had to call her once, She was my boss, since there was a problem at work and she must have answered on accident at first because she was screaming at her son. I called her name out a few times before she said something and she sounded caught off guard and started to deflect and say that she was too busy and would call back. She never did and acted like the conversation never happened. Anyway, there were a few more instances where I caught her in a lie. Our money count was constantly off and we had to be audited AND then she tried shifting the blame to me for that. Given AZ is a right to work state I don't know why she didn't just let me go. She was still driving a super nice car though, and where we worked you have to pay for parking, she had multiple tickets tacked up in the office like a fucking badge of honor and then went as far to rip one up in the street. Class A asshole with a super ego for fucking sure! I was not at all surprised to find out she was a criminal too. She's also on a watchlist now so that must be fun! :) She also once said she has PTSD due to a hospital visit but I'm sure that's a lieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684250999334358862.post-17830829978099176842021-03-20T13:27:34.999-07:002021-03-20T13:27:34.999-07:00I'm sorry. I hate this for you. These people m...I'm sorry. I hate this for you. These people making jokes about people's pain. They state they can tell who is lying or not. I look healthy for stage 4 breast cancer metastasized to bones in too many places to count. I feel ur pain <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17039018555823376917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684250999334358862.post-43270228217191458422021-03-20T13:15:22.154-07:002021-03-20T13:15:22.154-07:00I'm a stage 4 bone cancer patient and when I r...I'm a stage 4 bone cancer patient and when I read things like this it makes me feel sad. I hope you never have bone cancer. Its true you have to plan your trip around picking up your pain meds. Why does that make me a narcotic abuser? I have to call the pharmacy to plan this, and that is being responsible. Yet you still make fun of it while calling me a drug abuser. Planning it means I can get out of bed and not suffer on vacation. As a cancer patient I fear a natural weather event could delay getting meds. I will be in such pain. I fear losing them and people do ask me for them as soon as they find out I am ill. They ask all of the time and you bet your rear I have to worry about people stealing them from me. I travel rarely and I'm fairly intelligent. Unfortunately chemo makes me forgetful. I could leave them somewhere easily. I haven't but what if I did. The person I'd have to ask for help is writing hate stories about me on the internet. Why are you judging everyone. It's heart-wrenching. There are so many like me that look to you to care and you do not. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17039018555823376917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684250999334358862.post-28121791776298674112021-03-09T05:57:14.279-08:002021-03-09T05:57:14.279-08:00Who cares. If I save money on my overpriced medica...Who cares. If I save money on my overpriced medication, then so be it. celeste [[♥]]https://www.blogger.com/profile/08801526903796532113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684250999334358862.post-23870380007216613212021-03-04T05:48:10.755-08:002021-03-04T05:48:10.755-08:00Minor correction. Lawyers do take coupons! Many e...Minor correction. Lawyers do take coupons! Many employer assistance programs have referral programs. To get on the list to get those referrals, you agree to give the client/employee 25% off your services. They get a "coupon" from their EAP to prove they are eligible for the discount. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684250999334358862.post-61543435214605388092021-02-17T10:18:21.507-08:002021-02-17T10:18:21.507-08:00Thanks a lot, this post, as well as the comments, ...Thanks a lot, this post, as well as the comments, show just how entitled, arrogant, and rude the average pharmacist actually is. Great job proving why everyone hates pharmacists.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684250999334358862.post-50242261773011664822021-02-10T20:23:22.059-08:002021-02-10T20:23:22.059-08:00AgreedAgreedAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02459832093864911490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684250999334358862.post-80968385044611864842021-02-10T20:22:58.203-08:002021-02-10T20:22:58.203-08:00AgreedAgreedAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02459832093864911490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684250999334358862.post-47303833534832274282021-02-09T09:34:30.898-08:002021-02-09T09:34:30.898-08:00agreed Support Your local Pharmacist Rx Express Ph...agreed Support Your local Pharmacist Rx Express Pharmacist Family owned United Health Care I am not happy with, I can't stand firstLine Medical DBA OptumRX Nope I upset We Must support out Local Pharmacist Online takes away from local family owned Pharmacist Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11334140077192537218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684250999334358862.post-70441919485534791792021-02-07T09:40:59.163-08:002021-02-07T09:40:59.163-08:00If the pharmacy is feeling the pressure, maybe it ...If the pharmacy is feeling the pressure, maybe it is time they put some pressure forward to the drug company. For example, negotiate better rebates with the manufacturer that will allow the pharmacy to offer a lower price in the first place.<br /><br />This is a maze, but things have to add up. I was able to reduce a prescription cost from $120 to $33. That is not a few bucks for some people. That means that someone that is not me was unable to receive $87. Whoever it is, they have to make an adjustment in their process and pricing structure, and work with their business partners to accomplish a structure that will compete with GoodRx and the like.<br /><br />We are in an era in which the consumer is able to get more real-time information and sometimes get an upper hand. Companies need to understand that. Some people will be OK with their data being used. At least, different from social media, the consumer CAN GAIN A FINANCIAL BENEFIT.Franky Tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684250999334358862.post-74401287805173181722021-02-06T16:43:50.878-08:002021-02-06T16:43:50.878-08:00Sorry you feel this way, but with healthcare costs...Sorry you feel this way, but with healthcare costs as they are today, we have to save money WHEREVER we can!! Maybe the insurance companies should give us the same break as GoodRx?? Or better yet, maybe Big Pharma should give us a cost break!!! They’re so kind and considerate, you know?!? NOT. LynnRNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06439290807558839636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684250999334358862.post-85504040192430337762021-02-02T09:25:47.263-08:002021-02-02T09:25:47.263-08:001. To guy with no Healthcare insurance,, Obamacar...1. To guy with no Healthcare insurance,, Obamacare is the insurance for those without plans through their employees. Your supposed to buy it or get fined. <br /><br />2. He mentioned Universal Healthcare. It is not free. Britian, Canada, etc. Pay high payroll taxes that funds their national healthcare system. Also they pay higher sales taxes (VAT) In UK its called NHS. They ration medicine, your put on surgery waiting list for a long time. And UK also has Healthcare Insurance you can buy and see independent physicians and surgeons, pharmacy if you prefer to be seen immediately and not wait all day at hospital walk in clinic. So UK and Canada also have Healthcare insurance.<br /><br />In addition Good Rx has been higher than my RX plan.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684250999334358862.post-75599688437598014802021-02-02T09:14:35.774-08:002021-02-02T09:14:35.774-08:00I think alot of this info is accurate ... but the ...I think alot of this info is accurate ... but the bottom line is this ...... people who do not have insurance want to pay less . Most people do ... as a matter of fact.. I was paying out of pocket for a prescription and the pharmacy offered to use the discount card to help me pay less because the price was a crazy amount and it cut it by half ! So. For people without insurance it can be a huge difference. And the walgreens has no problem doing that because they brought it up .. not me .Patty duke fanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09347084121646794754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684250999334358862.post-87875422906672172892021-01-23T23:22:41.796-08:002021-01-23T23:22:41.796-08:00A major component of excessive drug prices is the ...A major component of excessive drug prices is the pharmacy benefits manager (PBM) corporations. They were originally set up to negotiate the best drug prices for their business customers, mainly empoyers, and their insurers. But the PBM's soon became middlemen between the pharmaceutical companies and pharmaceurical distributors, speculating in drugs, inflating prices, and unduly enriching themselves, abandoning their original mission to negotiate better drug prices for employers/insurers, and drug customers.The Skeptichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01662795404750581309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684250999334358862.post-83895115578202299272021-01-23T00:34:43.147-08:002021-01-23T00:34:43.147-08:00Thank you for providing such a valuable informatio...Thank you for providing such a valuable information and thanks for sharing this matter.itaspor 100 mghttps://www.dosepharmacy.com/itaspor-100mg-capsulenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684250999334358862.post-32571193473481500562021-01-14T13:30:08.194-08:002021-01-14T13:30:08.194-08:00my pharmacy has a stack of these cards at their ch...my pharmacy has a stack of these cards at their checkout... doesn't seem like they have a problem with it. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684250999334358862.post-7658600815879118272021-01-14T06:48:08.325-08:002021-01-14T06:48:08.325-08:00As a medical professional who sees the suck on bot...As a medical professional who sees the suck on both sides of this issue, I have to wonder why we can’t stand together and fight what I see as the real problem...the insurance and health “industry” ! There shouldn’t be a need for GoodRx and the fact that there really is shows how grossly messed up our country is. I totally understand the frustration of the pharmacists, but also, do they not additionally see how messed up it is that the CVSs of the world choose to cut costs by cutting people first? How is that any better? We as medical professionals need to unite (isn’t that’s what those old unions I always used to hear about were are for?) and simply say NOPE to these companies. Without us, the country wouldn’t function Bc we are essential and maybe they need a reminder. Nothing is going to change as long as it’s all about money. Every person has a fundamental right to have affordable medicine and to be able to actually get what their doctor wants them to get and pharmacists have a right to practice their trade as they were trained without feeling rushed and spending all their time doing paperwork! Sorry for the rant, I’m just sick of all this suffering and companies getting rich off the suffering of others while those in healthcare become depressed and blamed! pugs1123https://www.blogger.com/profile/02361621978614570541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684250999334358862.post-4428197623558850462021-01-08T15:07:10.520-08:002021-01-08T15:07:10.520-08:00Just from reading poor grammar and spelling in the...Just from reading poor grammar and spelling in the comments from some of the "pharmacists" here, I have to assume some are lying about being a pharmacist or I've wrongly assumed they have to be more intelligent to pass a pharmacy program.<br /><br />What I'm getting from article is that the opinion of the pharmacist is GoodRx saves money, but it sure is inconvenient and time consuming so the consumer should stop being so selfish and just pay the exorbitant mark up so the cashier can quickly get to the next customer. <br /><br />I work in the healthcare field where I provide direct patient care and also do a lot of work on the medical billing side. You are right. It does take precious time away to have to rebill something. It does slow you down and increase your work load. It can make you grit your teeth, sigh, and roll your eyes. You can become frustrated at having to rework something you've already done. But you do it anyway. You do it because priority #1 is the patient. You do it because doing so helps people afford necessary care. You should do it in your case because it can make the difference between someone being able to afford a medication that could keep them alive or having to go without. You minimize the savings a person can experience by calling it "a few bucks." I'm sure you know that calling a few bucks is completely untrue, just read some of the savings people have experienced in the comments. I hear similar stories of very large savings all the time. <br /><br />You speak about it taking precious time away from the pharmacy. How about changing the process at the register? How about asking the right questions when you receive an rx to fill to anticipate and avoid such a delay? There are many other solutions to the problem than just your expectation that people pay whatever ridiculous charge you ask so you can simply say "Next!"<br />I have a great respect for those who chose to go into the field of pharmacy and most that I know make six figures, the highest in big box retail. I'm sorry that you feel taking the extra time to help someone afford their medicine and also afford to eat is taking away your precious time and "destroying the professionalism of Pharmacy," but you should have to earn that six figure income, so suck it up. Feeling overworked, stressed, and underappreciated? Welcome to working in healthcare. Didn't anyone tell you?<br /><br />Pharmacy should be about the trust patients have in the pharmacist and dedication to care and accuracy the pharmacist has in their job. Helping to make medication accessible I would think should another cause of the pharmacist, and yet you almost seem to threaten that by using a GoldRx card and delaying the cashier, one is causing you potentially make a "dangerous" error in the medication you provide for their child. Completely unprofessional! I agree the professionalism of Pharmacy has been destroyed, but I hardly think GoodRx is to blame for it. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684250999334358862.post-75092564643484035342021-01-02T08:52:39.000-08:002021-01-02T08:52:39.000-08:00Ya know.... this may be true about GoodRX but more...Ya know.... this may be true about GoodRX but more than 79% of PharmDs make more than $120k with the average being around 3x the avg US household of 5 people at $150k plus. I know more pharmDs that make in the $180k to $240k range a year and quite simply I dont feel bad at ALL. <br /><br />Stop complaining; do your job; the gen pub has grown to automatically dislike pharmDs bc they have a history of playing victim, making up excuses not to fill (I got chastised for losing a damn antibiotic RX once like Im an antibiotic addict ohhhh noooo!!!! Lmao)<br /><br />Treat people better. Enjoy that Jaguar you have double parked and your half a million dollar home.<br /><br />Get a grip on reality.John jacobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15232455165675259148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684250999334358862.post-15475273578942375942020-12-21T09:11:18.965-08:002020-12-21T09:11:18.965-08:00I don't understand.
- If pharmacists hate G... I don't understand. <br /> - If pharmacists hate GoodRx - then just don't accept the card.<br /> - If the problem really is the clerical work involved, find a way to automate it as we've done with other tedious tasks in business. <br /><br />Prescription pricing seems to be a racket in which one person may pay $1 while another pays 10 times that. So consumers are wary. That's a reasonable reaction to being gouged. Kevin Grimesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684250999334358862.post-71343374614955990892020-12-03T15:18:32.512-08:002020-12-03T15:18:32.512-08:00You show me one pharmacy that cares about my healt...You show me one pharmacy that cares about my health.. I have to use goodrx. I take 10 medications a day. Without insurance. If it wasent for goodrx. I would not be about to afford mine and the 3 my husband takes , and still with goodrx I can't afford epi pin, and my asthma medication for my nib. I started using goodrx, but sadly my Costco mail order is backing out if good rx.. and nothing cheap is around me I'm going to need to try Kroger mail order but they need a rx fill first.. I'm house bound so not sure how we canvworkbaroundAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00882125873489213845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684250999334358862.post-78760102394520032992020-11-21T17:10:13.962-08:002020-11-21T17:10:13.962-08:00I just tried to fill my clobetasol ointment for ec...I just tried to fill my clobetasol ointment for eczema and it was $400.00<br />Bc Insurance would not fill it...I used good RX and paid only $27.54...it may be time consuming for the clerk but it saved me over $370....totally disagree the savings is small...My deductible for Insurance was met it should be free...but Insurance would not cover Good RX works.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11848888595511314595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684250999334358862.post-45397590703510711222020-11-19T16:31:10.392-08:002020-11-19T16:31:10.392-08:00 No bet No betKathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14762411508019700960noreply@blogger.com