Matt Stoller wrote up Safelite's similarities to the PBM industry. This July I had wonderfully bad luck and had two separate windshield-rock incidents.
Great piece. I had to laugh at the part about Crestor. I'm supposed to have been on the generic version for the last year. Somehow CVS says my Emblem insurance doesn't cover it. Between the doctor, CVS, and an occasional letter from express scripts I've never been able to attain any. To be fair I've given up. I'm sure the doc will yell at me next checkup. God bless America.
For what it’s worth, the generic is VERY inexpensive. Like you should be able to get 90 days worth from a pharmacy for ~$20-30 out of pocket without insurance.
I know right? I feel like I've gone that route before. It seems like the pharmacy never offers that as a rational option. You need to ask, "can I just pay for it?" and they look at you like you have three heads. I never got to that point with this prescription because they never filled the script. Obviously as I write this I realize I have been very apathetic and part of me doesn't want to accept that I need this drug.
On a related note it drives me wild when I'm at the doctor and they are about to recommend a course of action and they stop and say, "wait what insurance" do you have?"
Great piece. I had to laugh at the part about Crestor. I'm supposed to have been on the generic version for the last year. Somehow CVS says my Emblem insurance doesn't cover it. Between the doctor, CVS, and an occasional letter from express scripts I've never been able to attain any. To be fair I've given up. I'm sure the doc will yell at me next checkup. God bless America.
For what it’s worth, the generic is VERY inexpensive. Like you should be able to get 90 days worth from a pharmacy for ~$20-30 out of pocket without insurance.
I know right? I feel like I've gone that route before. It seems like the pharmacy never offers that as a rational option. You need to ask, "can I just pay for it?" and they look at you like you have three heads. I never got to that point with this prescription because they never filled the script. Obviously as I write this I realize I have been very apathetic and part of me doesn't want to accept that I need this drug.
On a related note it drives me wild when I'm at the doctor and they are about to recommend a course of action and they stop and say, "wait what insurance" do you have?"
Yes. Insurance needs to get out of the business of practicing medicine so that physicians can actually do so.
It is frustrating how much the system has made “just paying for it” a weird thing to do.