OK, I'm on a roll. In my second Practical Pauline post today, I want to alert you (again) to Target's fantastic prescription medication program.
Here's the deal.
Step 1: If you are taking a prescription medication, look it up online to get the name of the generic equivalent.
Step 2: Find the Target nearest you. Go to its pharmacy website. Download the PDF file of its covered generic medications.
If you locate your generic there, you're in luck!
Step 3: Contact your doctor and ask her or him to prescribe the generic equivalent in either the 1-month or 3-month supply, and request that s/he call in the prescription to Target. (Have the Target pharmacy phone number ready). Target offer a 1-month supply for $4, or a 3-month supply for a fantastic $10. What's not to love?
Even if your doctor wants to see you before changing your prescriptions, it's so worth it.
We just saved something like $2,000 a year. No kidding.
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Affordable Prescription Meds at Target
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I'll have to do some googling (which is like "research" only mo'better) to see if I can find out why they're doing this.
Pressure from the insurance industry applied to drug companies would be my first guess. Or maybe it's one of those free-market-effect thingies.
That's a good guess.
Whoever, whatever, it's affecting Mal-Wart, too.
Let us know what you dig up.
Shopping for prescription drugs has beocme like shopping for airline tickets -- if you're not happy with the first price you find, keep looking until you find a better one. Of course, generics are almost always cheaper than brand name and, if you have employer coverage, network will cost less than out-of-network. But prices vary among pharmacies as well. I recently spent several hours researching the cost of a single prescription and found eight diferent prices, varying from nearly $300 for the brand name at Walgreens to the $4 generic at Target. Spending this kind of time is a pain but ultimately worth it.
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