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Good Rx

GenXmuse — Fri, 06 Nov 2020 04:02:06 GMT

Does anyone have any experience with this membership? Our insurance is changing and prescription copays are going up. Does it cost money to join and have you found it useful for saving money? I've read the details on their website but would love to hear from anyone with first hand experience. Thanks in advance

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Xivambala — Fri, 06 Nov 2020 04:08:31 GMT

I am on a Medicare Advantage Plan, and use this for one drug that is not covered by my insurance. Not sure how much experience that is. GoodRx saves me from having to pay full price for a particular drug that I need to use and fill at a retail pharmacy. And no, there is no fee.

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Kachina624 — Fri, 06 Nov 2020 04:09:15 GMT

It's free. I've checked all my prescriptions and what I pay with my insurance is much less than what I'd pay using Good RX. I did find it handy when buying meds for my dogs. You can go to their website and input your meds for prices.

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Qgirl26 — Fri, 06 Nov 2020 04:10:10 GMT

@GenXmuse, I have used it a few times and I didn't join anything. I got the app on my phone, looked up my medication, found prices for where it would be cheaper and I went there and showed it to the pharmacist. Unfortunately, one pharmacist wouldn't give it to me for the quoted price but they gave it to me at a cheap price. Good RX says to call them if the pharmacist refuses to honor the price and I could have done that, but it was late and I just wanted to get the medication and get home. I don't know what would have happened had I called.

My sister-in-law had surgery and my brother was going to get her a prescription. I asked him if he had heard of Good RX. He said he didn't have time to get something online. I explained how you didn't do that and how it worked. He texted me later and told me I saved him $100 by telling him about it. It's definitely worth a look. Unless they changed it, it doesn't cost a thing to download the app and put in your script to see what the prices are quoted to be.

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deeva — Fri, 06 Nov 2020 04:17:00 GMT

I've used it for a script that wasn't covered by my prescription plan.

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GenXmuse — Fri, 06 Nov 2020 04:19:40 GMT

Thanks everyone for the information. I'm not sure if I'm old enough to qualify for senior discount programs yet, so I'll definitely look into this. I'm glad there isn't a fee associated with the membership at least so will comparison shop and see if I can shave off some of the cost.

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SurferWife — Fri, 06 Nov 2020 04:57:14 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
It's free. I've checked all my prescriptions and what I pay with my insurance is much less than what I'd pay using Good RX. I did find it handy when buying meds for my dogs. You can go to their website and input your meds for prices.

@Kachina624

Good to know! Toby's Trifexis is expensive!

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Icegoddess — Fri, 06 Nov 2020 05:06:04 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
It's free. I've checked all my prescriptions and what I pay with my insurance is much less than what I'd pay using Good RX. I did find it handy when buying meds for my dogs. You can go to their website and input your meds for prices.

@Kachina624 Not sure how much you're paying for your dog's meds, but have you checked into a Canadian pharmacy? I know when Sambo was first diagnosed with asthma we were looking at using an inhaler which a lot of cat owners use for that. The Flovent is prohibitively expensive in the States and my vet at the time suggested a Canadian pharmacy. I did get one inhaler from them and the cost was a LOT less than US prices which is in the $300 range pre inhaler.

I was never able to get him to even accept the mask, so we gave up on that and just kept him on the prednisolone and putting him in the box for breathing treatments when needed. He didn't seem to have a problem at all with the box. His prednisolone wasn't that expensive and I got it from a compounding phamacy chosen by my vet (Wedgewood) that specializes in pet meds, so it was quite palatable. He wasn't particularly pleased about taking his meds, but he never fought me.

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Love my grandkids — Fri, 06 Nov 2020 05:21:09 GMT

@GenXmuse I have Medicare and an excellent supplemental plan and I've been using Good Rx for a year.

I have saved a TON of $$$$. Most times, except for once or twice, my Rx's were a lot cheaper with Good Rx than with my insurance.

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GenXmuse — Fri, 06 Nov 2020 05:30:38 GMT

@Love my grandkids wrote:
@GenXmuse I have Medicare and an excellent supplemental plan and I've been using Good Rx for a year.

I have saved a TON of $$$$. Most times, except for once or twice, my Rx's were a lot cheaper with Good Rx than with my insurance.

Oh wow! That's great news. Thanks-I'm glad it's helping.

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Kachina624 — Fri, 06 Nov 2020 05:37:09 GMT

@SurferWife. I kind of doubt if they sell veterinarian medications, just the stuff you'd normally get at the drug store. This dog had an autoimmune disorder and was on a "people" antibiotics and prednisone.

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Kachina624 — Fri, 06 Nov 2020 05:43:37 GMT

@Icegoddess. Unfortunately, dog had a severe autoimmune disorder and eventually had to be euthanized. I used to buy Voltaren from a Canadian Pharmacy.

I have good drug insurance and get what I need from them by mail order cheaper than I can get it anywhere else.

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Mellyg — Fri, 06 Nov 2020 05:50:03 GMT

@GenXmuse , I've been using GoodRx for a few years, it's saves a lot of money. I had to get an epi-pen this spring, I have Blue Cross I surance, but hadn't met my deductible yet. The epi-pen was just under $400. The GoodRx price was $130.

You can download the app for free. You enter your RX and zip; it'll give you options of pharmacies and show the different prices. It works for those with or without insurance.

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GenXmuse — Fri, 06 Nov 2020 05:56:06 GMT

@Mellyg wrote:
@GenXmuse , I've been using GoodRx for a few years, it's saves a lot of money. I had to get an epi-pen this spring, I have Blue Cross I surance, but hadn't met my deductible yet. The epi-pen was just under $400. The GoodRx price was $130.

You can download the app for free. You enter your RX and zip; it'll give you options of pharmacies and show the different prices. It works for those with or without insurance.

Wow-how awesome! Thanks for replying, with four of us in the household it's really starting to add up even with insurance. My migraine medicine is very expensive, even with a generic available and insurance.

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Mellyg — Fri, 06 Nov 2020 06:29:45 GMT

You will likely find the GoodRx price is cheaper than what insurance pricing is. I have a neighbor that takes Maxalt (sp?) for migraines. Before she met her deductible, she was paying over $200 for 10-12 tablets. I told her to,download this app.... she ended up getting the RX for around $10.

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3blackdogs — Fri, 06 Nov 2020 06:45:12 GMT

We have good RX coverage but my husband had to fill one that the insurance doesn't cover. Without Good RX it would have 2100.00 for 30 days but it was 13.00. And another is cheaper than with our insurance. There's no cost to Good RX.

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Nuttmeg — Fri, 06 Nov 2020 10:20:09 GMT

@GenXmuse

The prices vary even with GoodRx from one pharmacy to another. You should look online for the best price in your area.

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CalminHeart — Fri, 06 Nov 2020 13:41:04 GMT

I could not afford 2 prescriptions without GoodRX!

These 2 prescriptions have a total copay of $350. I'm retired and on a fixed income and couldn't afford both. I actually quit taking one because I couldn't afford it and really suffered.

Then I found GoodRX and the TOTAL copay for both prescriptions is $36.

My pharmacy actually keeps my GoodRX coupons on file so they automatically apply them when I refil.

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tends2dogs — Fri, 06 Nov 2020 13:53:04 GMT

The last time I had my thyroid med refilled, I checked out Single Care. I usually use GoodRx. Single Care was a better rate. It works the same as Good Rx. I had to print out a coupon.

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Icegoddess — Fri, 06 Nov 2020 14:47:01 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
@Icegoddess. Unfortunately, dog had a severe autoimmune disorder and eventually had to be euthanized. I used to buy Voltaren from a Canadian Pharmacy.

I have good drug insurance and get what I need from them by mail order cheaper than I can get it anywhere else.

@Kachina624 So sorry.