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Originally Posted by kane
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. |
I used to buy stuff for a friend in the US and ship it over. Apparently the US cost on a monthly basis was in the region of $1300, but cost only around $120 for three months supply - it was well worth the effort.
Yep... noticed that when in the US - was shocked at the prices for even basic items like asprin - can't remember the prices now, but depending on the product, was between double and fourfold the cost of a UK pharmacy. There has got to be be a serious biz shipping product from "universal healthcare" countries to the US