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by gruez
1586 days ago
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>Except nobody should actually be paying $22.80 for generic Prozac. You can drive to any local Walmart and get it for $4 and they will bill your insurance, which will count toward your deductible. (Walmart has a list of their $4 and other cheap prescriptions here: https://www.walmart.com/cp/4-prescriptions/1078664 ) Can you elaborate on how this works? Are they giving you 30 days' supply of drugs for only $4, even if you have no insurance? Are they charging both insured/uninsured people $4, but billing the insured people more (via insurance) to make up the difference? |
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Yes, the 30-day supply of those drugs is literally just $4 whether or not you have insurance.
Many (but not all) generic drugs are actually super cheap to manufacture. Certain chemicals are basically pennies for a dose, and the production at scale is essentially automated away.
For the cheapest drugs, you're paying for the pharmacy to inventory it, dispense it, call your doctor if something goes wrong, and so on. Mark Cuban's pharmacy cuts costs by refusing to do any of the legwork with your doctor or insurance company. Your local neighborhood grocery store pharmacy doesn't mind doing it because they can sell you groceries while they fill it.