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Post by Patter on Aug 1, 2019 12:23:01 GMT
Do any of you use Good Rx? Man, I have been comparing prices all year, and I am always amazed! Here is yesterday's example:
Medication Retail: $162 Insurance Price: $47 Good Rx Price: $18.04
Guess which one I went with? Crazy! It's a pain to always check but worth it in the end.
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Post by mikklynn on Aug 1, 2019 12:26:15 GMT
I need to help my mom do that. Thanks for the reminder and the example.
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Post by Patter on Aug 1, 2019 12:33:24 GMT
I need to help my mom do that. Thanks for the reminder and the example. You are welcome. I use the app. Works great!
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Post by mikklynn on Aug 1, 2019 12:48:51 GMT
I need to help my mom do that. Thanks for the reminder and the example. You are welcome. I use the app. Works great! There is an app? Awesome. My parents have no internet, so when I go see them I can check via the app. Thanks again.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Aug 1, 2019 12:58:36 GMT
Shows what negotiation does for prices. Good deal !!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2019 13:23:37 GMT
My folks, who are usually not at all tech savvy, use their phones & Good Rx. It is great!
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Post by Merge on Aug 1, 2019 13:52:55 GMT
What irks me is that you have to travel around to several different pharmacies to get the best price in everything. Between us and our dogs we have a lot of prescriptions, and I don’t have time to be running around to five different pharmacies.
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Post by AmandaA on Aug 1, 2019 13:59:53 GMT
I have used it for years since our rx’s all feed into our high deductible. It just goes to show how broke our system is. The extra steps and multiple stops can get a little old, but for non-urgent meds it is well worth it for us. It was actually our vet who told us about it, so we have used it for animals and humans.
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Post by 16joy on Aug 1, 2019 14:04:31 GMT
I use it CVS and my mom uses at Costco. It's a good savings. We have a high deductible policy and my mom is on Medicare.
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Post by Patter on Aug 1, 2019 14:21:50 GMT
Yes, I haven't really driven around to different pharmacies because the difference is usually only a couple of dollars. I am not driving for that.
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Post by basketdiva on Aug 1, 2019 14:51:13 GMT
I looked into that when I went on Medicare but all but one of my drugs are $6 or $0 with my Part D.
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Post by mnmloveli on Aug 1, 2019 14:52:56 GMT
It’s sad we have to search prices on drugs we need.
Good Rx was my dog’s lifesaver when his seizure meds were $600 at CVS with no coupon, $330 with the coupon at CVS and $35 at Costco with the coupon. You don’t have to be a member of Costco to use their pharmacy.
Even with the coupon, always compare stores too !
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Post by basketdiva on Aug 1, 2019 14:54:37 GMT
I've checked prices on Goodrx and a couple of others sites and my Part D plan is $6 or $0 for my prescriptions-same as the discount plans. Guess it depends upon the rx and if you have a part D plan.
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Post by baslp on Aug 1, 2019 16:21:23 GMT
Thanks for the info
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Post by busy on Aug 1, 2019 16:39:36 GMT
We really don't have any prescriptions now that we'd need to use this for, but I have a dumb question in case we do in the future.
Our doctors always send our prescriptions directly to our pharmacy on file. Do you ask your doctor not to do that, find out what they're prescribing, price shop with Good RX and THEN tell your physician where to send the prescription? Or do you ask for an old school written prescription? Just trying to understand the flow of the process.
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Post by The Birdhouse Lady on Aug 1, 2019 17:37:17 GMT
I'm curious about that too busy
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Aug 1, 2019 17:40:59 GMT
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Post by Merge on Aug 1, 2019 17:44:47 GMT
It’s sad we have to search prices on drugs we need. Good Rx was my dog’s lifesaver when his seizure meds were $600 at CVS with no coupon, $330 with the coupon at CVS and $35 at Costco with the coupon. You don’t have to be a member of Costco to use their pharmacy. Even with the coupon, always compare stores too ! I love that we can use it for our dogs. We have one on seizure meds and one in anxiety meds and we save so much this way.
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Post by anniefb on Aug 1, 2019 17:49:05 GMT
Makes me really grateful for our publicly funded healthcare system where all funded medications cost $5 with a prescription.
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Post by shevy on Aug 1, 2019 17:50:08 GMT
I can't use it. I'm on pain meds for chronic pain. It's a large paragraph in my pain management contract that I only go to one pharmacy and I even have to chose one location. I can't chose CVS and go to any location in the company. Another reason why the crack down on pain meds impacts those chronic pain sufferers.
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Post by annie on Aug 1, 2019 17:58:35 GMT
Question: am I correct in the fact that you are just paying this out of pocket and not getting any credit for the purchase toward your deductible? Our school district recently dumped our great insurance and put us on a high deductible plan. I've had terrible sticker shock with prescriptions for my daughter. I think they are cheaper with Good RX, but going that route means I don't make any progress on meeting my deductible, correct?
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Post by salem on Aug 1, 2019 18:10:30 GMT
We use it for a couple of prescriptions. My DH’s company now requires us to use either Walgreens (the store in our town sucks) or mail order and any maintenance drugs need to be ordered at 90 day fills, or they charge you more. I hate this because sometimes if money is tight it’s easier to come up with $10 for each RX versus $30 for each when they come due at the same time, never mind they dictate which store I can use. I had to transfer everything from CVS where we really liked the pharmacy staff. They in fact would look up coupons and apply them for us if they saw prices were really high on something we were taking or if the insurance wouldn’t cover a specific drug.
Also, don’t forget if your doctor prescribes something new and the price is crazy high, to google the name and see if there are coupons available that way also. I was going along taking a med that was keeping my A1C under control, and had been around for years, when coverage was dropped by the insurance company. The new drug was going to be almost $400 a month! No way! I found the drug’s site and got a card that is good for almost 2 years and can be renewed which dropped it to $10 even though I have insurance. That right there tells me drug costs are complete bullshit.
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Post by azredhead on Aug 1, 2019 18:13:18 GMT
Yup both pets and people. But now our Osco/Albertsons automatically checks for us! So they give which ever is the lowest. We love it!
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Post by sassyangel on Aug 1, 2019 19:49:48 GMT
It really doesn’t work well here at all I’ve found. But then we are the only state that is not allowed by law to have Walmart, Sams, Costco or Target have pharmacies. So that probably has a lot to do with it. We only have CVS because they bought out Osco Drug, otherwise we wouldn’t have them either. The mom and pop run pharmacies we are allowed, are not all that competitive price wise.
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Post by Patter on Aug 1, 2019 20:33:00 GMT
Question: am I correct in the fact that you are just paying this out of pocket and not getting any credit for the purchase toward your deductible? Our school district recently dumped our great insurance and put us on a high deductible plan. I've had terrible sticker shock with prescriptions for my daughter. I think they are cheaper with Good RX, but going that route means I don't make any progress on meeting my deductible, correct? Correct. You won't make any progress towards your deductible but I find it worth it going this route.
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Post by Patter on Aug 1, 2019 20:35:51 GMT
We really don't have any prescriptions now that we'd need to use this for, but I have a dumb question in case we do in the future. Our doctors always send our prescriptions directly to our pharmacy on file. Do you ask your doctor not to do that, find out what they're prescribing, price shop with Good RX and THEN tell your physician where to send the prescription? Or do you ask for an old school written prescription? Just trying to understand the flow of the process. Tagging The Birdhouse Lady too for my response to this. My doctors send my prescriptions directly to the pharmacy. I ask what they are writing for. I then go home, and look it up on Good Rx. Then when the pharmacy tells me the prescription is ready and they tell me the price, if the price is lower through Good Rx, I just have them re-run the bill using Good Rx instead of my insurance. Works perfectly, and I have never had a problem doing it that way. Hope that makes sense.
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Post by The Birdhouse Lady on Aug 1, 2019 22:48:42 GMT
We really don't have any prescriptions now that we'd need to use this for, but I have a dumb question in case we do in the future. Our doctors always send our prescriptions directly to our pharmacy on file. Do you ask your doctor not to do that, find out what they're prescribing, price shop with Good RX and THEN tell your physician where to send the prescription? Or do you ask for an old school written prescription? Just trying to understand the flow of the process. Tagging The Birdhouse Lady too for my response to this. My doctors send my prescriptions directly to the pharmacy. I ask what they are writing for. I then go home, and look it up on Good Rx. Then when the pharmacy tells me the prescription is ready and they tell me the price, if the price is lower through Good Rx, I just have them re-run the bill using Good Rx instead of my insurance. Works perfectly, and I have never had a problem doing it that way. Hope that makes sense.
Makes perfect sense!! Thanks for taking the time to answer.
My daughter is on heart medication and it's not too expensive but, if I can get it for a better price I am all for it!!
BTW how is your back pain?
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Post by Patter on Aug 1, 2019 22:58:36 GMT
The Birdhouse Lady, I too am all for cheaper meds. Two of my girls have a huge bag of meds they take for their heart and other issues. Now I am gaining my own bag. My back never really has hurt; only a tad. It's the buttocks, behind the knee, calf, and foot. From my knee down, it is mostly numb. Doctor put me on gabapentin yesterday so hoping it helps. I am seeing a neurosuregon on Monday and then supposed to have a spinal injection on Wednesday. I am praying the meds works so I am skip the injection for now. Since this is life-long now, I want to go as conservatively now as I can get by with. Did get my handicap tags though yesterday. I am too young for that. I don't know why I say that because two of my girls have had handicap tags since about age 20. Hope your daughter is well!
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Post by The Birdhouse Lady on Aug 1, 2019 23:18:09 GMT
Patter Ugh, I had hoped things with your sciatic would have been an easier fix. Sorry you are having to go through all this.
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Post by FurryP on Aug 2, 2019 1:19:23 GMT
Do any of you use Good Rx? Man, I have been comparing prices all year, and I am always amazed! Here is yesterday's example: Medication Retail: $162 Insurance Price: $47 Good Rx Price: $18.04 Guess which one I went with? Crazy! It's a pain to always check but worth it in the end. So do you have to basically go to a different pharmacy every month? How does that work? Does the prescription have to get transferred? Thank you.
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