Thread: The American Health System is one of the worst in the world
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Old 01-23-2009, 11:45 AM  
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Originally Posted by psili View Post
I have a couple of prescriptions; generic, blood pressure whatnots. And when I go pick them up from Safeway in Colorado I can either:
1. Show my insurance card and get a one-month refill for both at $20
or
2. Somehow, which is beyond any logic or reasoning, I can say, "I don't want to use insurance" (which the pharmacist recommended one day) and get a 3-month supply of both for $20.

I don't know how to explain it. I don't want to try. I should probably send my general practitioner a huge bottle of something for hooking me up on a generic med.
generics do not always work as well and are not always that much cheaper.
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