From the Mason City Glob-Gazette:
A new statewide discount drug card program called the Iowa Drug Card is now available to all Iowa residents.
The program, which is free to all Iowans, will provide savings of up to 75 percent on prescription drugs with average savings of around 30 percent. There are no restrictions to membership, no income restrictions, no age limit and no applications to fill out.
Iowa Drug Card is accepted at more than 50,000 national and regional pharmacies around the country. Participating pharmacies include Kmart Pharmacy, Walgreens, CVS/pharmacy Rite Aid, and Hy-Vee, as well as thousands of independent pharmacies.
Iowans can download a free card by visiting www.iowadrugcard.com
Anyone not able to access the Web site, or otherwise obtain a member card, can visit any Kmart Pharmacy in Iowa. Kmart Pharmacy will process your prescription through the Iowa Drug Card program even if you do not have a member card.
Sounds like a great idea, right? Government and business are keeping down the price of prescription drugs by going to practically every other big pharmacy except Evil Wal-Mart.
Let's look at some examples.
I looked up Amoxicillin in capsule with a 250 mg dose, 30 day supply.
IowaDrugCard.com (UNA Rx Card) was $7.26.
Wal-Mart? It's $4.00 at Wal-Mart for a 30 day supply.
Ooooh, that's painful.
Let's try 800 mg Ibuprofen, 30 day supply.
IowaDrugCard.com is $8.14. Wal-Mart is $4.00.
Wow, that's making my blood pressure go up!
How about a 25 mg tablet of Hydralazine, 30 day supply?
IowaDrugCard is $14.82. Wal-Mart is $4.00.
This is making me crazy.
How about Citalopram, 40mg tablet, 30 day supply?
IowaDrugCard is $12.95. Wal-Mart is $4.00.
This is giving me a stomach ache.
How about Ranitidine, 300 mg tablet, 30 day supply?
IowaDrugCard is $19.57. Wal-Mart is $4.00.
Well, you get my point now.
The truth is that Evil Wal-Mart continues to lower the cost of health care, and in a much more dramatic way for consumers than any government program can or ever will.
9 comments:
Yes! Because it's cheap it MUST be good!
I'm selling land in Florida. Interested?
Not to mention, it has been scientifically proven, by various "Anti-Walmart" websites, that drugs sold to you by official union members are 3 times more effective then drugs sold to you by, for example, that Somali immigrant working their first job at $9 per hour.
That’s great, but Wal-Mart only covers a certain number of generics at that price. Also, I noticed that the brand name I take, which is not on the list, is higher!!
The difference between generics and brand names being what exactly????
They are the same ingredients in the same ratios, sometimes even manufactured by the same factory. The only thing different is the marketing.
Hy Vee is floowing Wal Mart and doing $4 generic scripts. Evil.
True, Walmart provides lots of medicines for only $4 but with the price of gas now and with Walmart NOT in every town, I'd say the cost of driving to a Walmart to get the $4 drug, plus the wear and tear on your car plus the time it takes to drive to a Walmart just might not be that beneficial. Just something to think about ;)
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