Ran into an old acquaintance recently who is "down on his luck"... most of the bad luck self-induced. Don't know the whole story but he went to the emergency room of Bexar County Hospital (no health insurance) and was admitted then diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension (bad news stuff). Kept him a few days then discharged with a handful of prescriptions which he took to large regional grocery store pharmacy.
One of the prescriptions was for a regimen of 20 mg. of seldinafil (generic viagra) 3 times a day for 45 days IIRC. Pharmacy quoted him a little
over $1000 for the prescription cash price... which he choked on. I guess the pharmacist felt for him and told him under his breath: go to COSTCO...
Exact same prescription at COSTCO:
$124
no wonder we have the most expensive health care system in the world and health insurance is out of sight price-wise... something is definitely wrong here me thinks.
and no, didn't ask about the effects of that much viagra on a daily basis..
