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Originally Posted by ZoneMaster
Bit of info for you - if you were living or resident in the UK you would get both these products for GBP 6.50 each - or $13 each on a script. (notice you are actually gaining on one product, but "overpaying" on the other  )
You are correct in that any pharmacutical company has to bid competitively when attempting to sell product via the health system. Unfortunately, the situation is the complete reverse in the US where there is no limitation on what a pharma company can charge for their product. |
I need to find myself a UK connection. Someone can buy them for me and ship them over
Another thing that screws people over is that the pharmacies can have no set price. For example an insurance company can tell the pharmacy that they will pay a max of $280 on a drug. So if you have a $10 co-pay the pharmacy will charge you $290. You pay $10 and they bill your insurance the other $280. then someone walks in and wants to pay cash for the same drug and they will charge them $325 for it. you can see the price differences just by calling around. The inhaler I use is $35 at costco, but Walgreens wants $44 and two other pharmacies wanted $49 and $56. Sometimes when you call to find out the price of something they will tell you, "the cash prices is $$$." Which means they have different price levels depending on if you are paying cash or what type of insurance you have.