My wife and I both take Atenolol, same dosage. She has Drug insurance, I do not. I pay $10 for a prescription at Walmart or Bimart. Her price with the Insurance is $10. So how much help would insurance coverage on a $9 birth control pills be?
Dog says women have to beg for $9. Some actually do have to beg for $9, but sadly I wouldn't expect the money to be spent on health care.
Why is your wife even bothering the poor insurance company when she doesn't need to? Can't she get the pills from the same place at the same price when you do?
Exactly, that makes no sense... the bigger question is, did they get the exam at Walmart and was that more cost effective than going to an actual MD?
Wait, so you're actually saying that the only difference in the $9 BC pills and other more expensive forms of BC is the container they come in?
No, it's not... insurance companies have overhead - they have buildings, computers, and claims adjuster et al. to pay for. Of course it's going to cost more!!!
Walmart also has ibuprofen for $4. That doesn't mean all pain relievers are $4. Or that since ibuprofen is only $4 that's the only one people should take.
I can buy a condom in the vending machine that hangs on the wall of the bathroom of my local bar for 4 quarters. To Denny that means all birth control costs only $1.
The sad thing about pills is that beyond a companies overhead....those things in the end cost a fraction of a fraction of a penny to produce...they justify high costs because of research costs but really....every business could claim that....big pharma is greedy as hell....you can buy those same pills for a fraction of the cost overseas more often than not......
