Provided by The Pharmacy Chick
Mr. I-know-more-than-you comes in and brings me a script for Lipitor 20mg. Before I can pick the rx up from the counter he states emphatically that “My doctor told me this is only $4″. Since I am quite familiar with Pfizer’s $4 lipitor cards, I ask him for the card to which he stares at me as if I had just spoken Swahili or something. ” its only $4 if you have enrolled in the manufacturer’s loyalty program. check lipitor(dot) com to see if you qualify, ( I quickly run a claim) otherwise its $xx.xx copay in your insurance”. Either he didn’t believe me or I was still speaking in some tongue he was not familiar with. ”But my Dr said it was only $4″. here we go again..the circular conversation…
A un-insured mom brings me a worn script for Adderall 20 that I can tell has already been to a couple of pharmacies based on the stuff written on it. Anytime I get one of these I know I am to prepare for a headache. Surely she is not going to tell me why she has already been to pharmacy #1 and #2..but I will find out myself soon enough. ” this is on your $4 list? right?” Um no, not only do we not HAVE a $4 list, but we do not price match prescription drugs that are out of stock elsewhere. And since Adderall generic just took a 4-5x price increase get ready for some REALLY bad news.
Big Box pharmacy has this on their $4 list, you price match right? Since the iron-man poster at the store front does indeed say that, I can’t exactly argue that point. But the script says fluoxetine 20mg #90, 3qd. ” You get 30 capsules for $4, not 90.. you can have 90 for their price of $10.” she told me I was a rip-off.
But lastly, but certainly not leastly…the booby prize goes to the finely dressed gent with the gold pinkie ring who asked ” do you have a $4 flu shot?’ I wanted to hand him a tissue and a bottle of hand sanitizer.
The Pharmacy Chick is a retail pharmacist in the Western United States, gutting it out in fairly busy store. She ticks off each day as one more day closer to retirement, after 22 years in the biz. She remembers typewriters, rolls of labels, want books, and everybody paid cash. Now all she wants to remember is what all her passwords are!
The viewpoint expressed in this article is the opinion of the author and is not necessarily the viewpoint of the owners or employees at Healthcare Staffing Innovations, LLC.
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