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<blockquote data-quote="witzend" data-source="post: 621458" data-attributes="member: 99"><p>I have to assume that you're frustrated and don't expect much more of an answer than "because they can".</p><p></p><p>WAY back in the day, our prescriptions were free for generic and $2 for brand. And they went that way until it was at about $15 for generic and $30 for brand about 5 years ago.</p><p></p><p>Then they started sending letters. "Do you know that you should take generic?" Yep. Thanks. Whenever I <em>can </em>fill generic, I <em>do</em> fill generic.</p><p></p><p>Then about two years ago we started getting a tiered prescriptions system, and we have to fill by mail. 3 months with 3 refills a year, unless it's narcotic, then it's once and you have to have a new rx. Generics were $15, Brands, depending upon what they were were $50, $70, or $90. And all along they're sending letters that say, "I see that you take this particular type of medicine. It's a sleep medicine. It's not the sleep medicine that we think you should take. We think you should take an altogether different kind of sleep medicine that isn't at all chemically similar to the one that you take."</p><p></p><p>This summer we started getting "Generic; tiered; tiered + a $500 deductible to be taken $150 at a time; and 'we just won't cover it and there is no generic' so just don't ask." Why? Because they have has sweet deal with a particular pharmaceutical maker and they're not going to buy it if they don't have a deal with them so you can just go shop around for the best you can get or take the other thing that they know is not at all similar to what your doctor prescribed because other people with your symptom seem to be ok with it.</p><p></p><p>So, one of husband's medicines that used to be $40 is now $580. He doesn't take it anymore. My sleep medicine is $375, so I get along with something else that puts me to sleep for about 3 hours. We really don't have a choice.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="witzend, post: 621458, member: 99"] I have to assume that you're frustrated and don't expect much more of an answer than "because they can". WAY back in the day, our prescriptions were free for generic and $2 for brand. And they went that way until it was at about $15 for generic and $30 for brand about 5 years ago. Then they started sending letters. "Do you know that you should take generic?" Yep. Thanks. Whenever I [I]can [/I]fill generic, I [I]do[/I] fill generic. Then about two years ago we started getting a tiered prescriptions system, and we have to fill by mail. 3 months with 3 refills a year, unless it's narcotic, then it's once and you have to have a new rx. Generics were $15, Brands, depending upon what they were were $50, $70, or $90. And all along they're sending letters that say, "I see that you take this particular type of medicine. It's a sleep medicine. It's not the sleep medicine that we think you should take. We think you should take an altogether different kind of sleep medicine that isn't at all chemically similar to the one that you take." This summer we started getting "Generic; tiered; tiered + a $500 deductible to be taken $150 at a time; and 'we just won't cover it and there is no generic' so just don't ask." Why? Because they have has sweet deal with a particular pharmaceutical maker and they're not going to buy it if they don't have a deal with them so you can just go shop around for the best you can get or take the other thing that they know is not at all similar to what your doctor prescribed because other people with your symptom seem to be ok with it. So, one of husband's medicines that used to be $40 is now $580. He doesn't take it anymore. My sleep medicine is $375, so I get along with something else that puts me to sleep for about 3 hours. We really don't have a choice. [/QUOTE]
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