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Major pharmacy chains are charging your insurance more for prescriptions than the cash price, and you can check this before paying

March 9, 2026 2:08 pm

via Ok_Chemical9 I found this out the hard way last month when I picked up my generic blood pressure medication. My insurance copay was $47. On a whim, I asked the pharmacist what it would cost without insurance. $12. **Why …

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Medicare wastes $133 million on overpriced tetrabenazine prescriptions

March 21, 2025 11:29 am

This is an absolute outrage. Pharmaceutical companies are price-gouging taxpayers through Medicare, and it’s happening right under our noses. Tetrabenazine, a drug that costs just $75 per prescription, is being billed to Medicare at a staggering $2,600—34 times the regular …

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Millions of seniors struggle to afford medications, with 4% unable to buy prescriptions at all.

September 10, 2024 9:22 am

Millions of American seniors are having a hard time affording their prescription medications, a new National Health Statistics report suggests. The study, published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, found that approximately 4% of those aged 65 and …

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