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Old 10-13-2019, 06:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Quixote View Post

Two seriously significant points:

1. My insurance company is charging me nearly TRIPLE the cash price (without using any insurance) for this generic drug Rosuvastatin. And here I thought they were certainly making enough for their shareholders with premiums, deductibles, and fair co-pays without doing this! Yet we are fined if we choose not to elect prescription drug coverage, even though it might cost us less NOT to use insurance. (Is this even conceivable?)
I'm confused as to where your insurance company is charging you for prescriptions. I thought you were at a pharmacy? I don't think your insurance company makes any money from what you spend at a pharmacy.