Low cost prescriptions

[rxcats]

For those that don't have drug coverage (or have parents that lack this benefit), look into the $4.00 plans being offered by Walmart/Sam's, Target and K-Mart pharmacies. My parents are on Medicare and have no drug coverage. They are able to get their pravastatin (similar/same class drug as Lipitor) for only $4.00/month. Mom is also able to get her blood pressure medication and thyroid replacement for $4.00 each for a month supply. Walmart/Sam's also has two different generic birth control pill formulations for $9.00/month; I suspect Target and K-Mart will follow with that too. You check on the link below for the $4.00 formulary at Walmart; Target's is almost the same. By the way, I do not have any interest in any of the above mentioned stores (financial or otherwise); this is not spam.
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/catalog.gsp?cat=546834

 

[Tck13]

I recently got a $4 perscription at WalMart. I think that Walmart is the sign of the antichrist but that price on the perscriptions can't be beat...

I wish some other pharmacies would do that.

Edit: I think the medications are all generics (not that that's bad)

 

[JoeWoah]

... it's a stop-gap until the pending Pharmaceutical apocalypse known as Universal Healthcare hits America. I doubt Pharmacists will be making $100K+ a year anymore.

::Sarcasm ::

 

[rxcats]

Originally Posted by JoeWoah

... it's a stop-gap until the pending Pharmaceutical apocalypse knows at Universal Healthcare hits America. I doubt Pharmacists will be making $100K+ a year anymore.

::Sarcasm ::


... only 100K a year. No pharmacist would work for that (not in California anyway)!

I am sure that Walmart, Target and K-Mart are loosing money from their pharmacies. The really expensive drugs have hardly any mark-up from wholesale and now they are practically giving away the cheaper generics. They count on people buying other things when they come in to pick up their drugs.

 

[JoeWoah]

Yeah,

I can't see trends continuing without a major correction like universal health care. If it doesn't happen, no one wins.

 

[v0rtex]

Originally Posted by rxcats

...practically giving away the cheaper generics.

Down here in FL, Publix supermarkets supply a number of prescription generics (typically antibiotics) for free.

 

[hi-val]

Generics are cheap as dirt to make as well. IIRC, Minocycline and other antibiotics are like 2.50 for a month supply. I may be wrong on my figures but a lot of the generic pills are about 17 cents a pill.

Walmart and Giant Eagle and places like that are using the $4 perscriptions as a break-even or loss leader to get you into the store, but it's not like they're losing lots of money on it in any case.

 

[Tck13]

I'm all for Walmart taking a loss!