Guess people who need their medicine can go fudge themselves?! /s
Well don’t worry, every other aspect of our lives is nickel and dimed (or hundred dollared and thousand dollared if you wanna be honest about it) too!
Literally every single thing. And it gets worse every single year! Then they wanna talk about “liberating” other countries its so fucking ridiculous.
Don’t worry? It is a life and death medicine!
I’m supposed to be on at least 12 different medications. I probably need four of them. I get one. Sometimes. 🙃
We call ourselves the number 1 country. How ironic.
Only Americans call America that. Everyone else calls it a third world country in a Gucci suit.
Only the dumbest or richest Americans call it that
Well, at least our leader matches the reality finally.
Poorly fitted suit over a lumbering sack of shit, loudly claiming it’s the best at everything.
Gucci knock off
Noted and fixed.
Pfft. That was yesterday. Now it’s a track suit and Nikes.
Or pajamas and crocs.
Lol! The pink flamingos would’ve won me, if not for the sign!
But, capitalism bro!
Go to GoodRx and see if you can get a coupon
You have to work to get decent insurance. If you don’t work and you are Ill then you can die. 😘
I worked all my life. This is Medicare
That’s absolutely insane pricing.
I take the exact same medication (sadly there’s no generic), and with my insurance it comes out to $175 for a 90 day supply.
What is your pharmacy benefits manager? I had the hardest time when my health insurance used OptumRX (they can go the way of Mamma the Mia for all I care) as they refused to pay out for 6 months until all the hoops were jumped through.
What’s maddening is even this pricing is about what it costs off the shelf in the UK on a private prescription, no insurance involved, and like a 10th of that through the NHS. Like they don’t even try to be consistent about it.
@CatDogL0ver@lemmy.world yo I take the same stuff and was shocked at how much it is, but I found they have a discount card on the manufacturer website that brings it down to $10. https://us.trintellix.com/savings-support/savings-card
What is it for?
Depression. You have to have tried 3 other meds first that didn’t work out.
Dang. I hate when they do that. I had to do the same thing for my migraine meds.
This is fucked, of course. That is one of the new generation of antidepressants, but it isn’t radically different than some others that would be less expensive. If it’s the one you need to be on because it works, see if a GoodRX coupon reduces that.
If that med isn’t for sure helping, there are cheaper options your pdoc should work with you to find. Your prescription coverage sucks ass if this is the cost of Trintellix, but you know that. We are a cesspool of a country.
Don’t ask me what my specialty med costs. It’s exponents of this.
We don’t. Seriously, we die.
This is commerciallsed medicine for us!
we dont
I live in the UK and take anxiety meds. All I need to do is go to the local pharmacy and collect it once a month, no cost. For everything that is bad here, at least I don’t have to deal with this kind of shit.
Psh, that’s nothing. I’ve got an injectable med I need to take every 3 months. My insurance covers it, thank fucking christ - because unadjusted, it costs over $20,000 per dose. No, I’m not kidding, or exaggerating. Yes, I was absolutely disgusted when I learned that.
Rare genetic disorders:
Friedreich’s Ataxia: SkyClarys, US$400,000/yr.
Spinal and Muscle Atrophy: US$2.8M for a single injection.
Leqembi for Alzheimers, $400,000/yr*
*common side effect, brain hemorrhage. No refunds.
Americans: “This medicine costs more than my paycheck… I bet Jack Daniel’s will work just fine!”
Geez what an outdated stereotype. Americans drink Tito’s and Ranch Water™ now. Please try not to be a bigot.
It’s a generational thing.
Whiskey -> Vodka -> Edibles
I’ve had a little bit of success with costplus. The site borderline looks like a scam with how much mark cuban has plastered his name across it, but the prices for some stuff w/o insurance are cheaper than I can get them with insurance at pharmacies.
Get on a bus to evil Canada.
this drug is $55 for 30 day supply at Costco Canada.
sorry, $55CDN, so under 40 Eagle Feathers.
O so now you want me to get a passport? How can I spend close to 300 on that when I spend 11k a month on prescription meds and healthcare. Nevermind the rest of lifes expenses here at the top of the world.
Bus to fucking Canada… lets keep our sarcasm to a minimum
