At pharmacy to pick up a refill on a prescription from my dermatologist. Using it for about ten years on as-needed basis. (Usually it lasts 12-18 months on one refill.)
Presto, the price is $645 because suddenly it is non-formulary for insurance. But also how is a common steroid cream that expensive?
U.S. healthcare system with insurance and pharma playing chicken with our money and health is beyond absurd.
It isn't a life or death drug for me, but these games piss me off.
Pharma jacks up prices on common drugs to cash in on insurance. Insurance pulls it off formulary list finally. Who gets hurt? Patients
Forget free market when it comes to healthcare. It just drives up prices without improving services because we can't just "shop" with every health decision.
And I have pretty good insurance in comparison to most.
Need at least a public option and take big pharma off the gravy train.