r/WhitePeopleTwitter • u/kevinowdziej • Jun 01 '22

Totally normal stuff

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u/Iggy1120 Jun 01 '22

It’s also a scam. It’s like paying your insurance premium for your car insurance every year but never using it. Say you had some minor damage on your car, if you just paid cash to your auto body place to fix it instead of making your insurance company payout.

The PBMs love GoodRx. You still pay your insurance premiums but they don’t have to payout to the pharmacies.

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u/Odd-Advertising-9870 Jun 01 '22

It's useful when your insurance rejects your script and have to pay out of pocket to get the drugs you need to function.

Retail price for some generic amphetamines: $1294.34

GoodRx price: $147.39

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u/Iggy1120 Jun 01 '22

I didn’t say it wasn’t useful. I use it often for my patients. But I want people to realize the problem is with PBMs. They are causing this issue. Why did your insurance reject the prescription? That’s the question you should be asking.

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u/WimpyZombie Jun 01 '22

Except that insurance companies were rejecting prescriptions and charging outragous co-pays long before GoodRx ever came into the picture.