Reddit - This is what $17,000 look like... Insurance refusing next one because I'm "over limit"

[Swede]

Also from the link -

"My dog is epileptic. Her meds are the same as people take. I went to a big-box pharmacy to get it filled and it was going to cost $400/month. I was in shock. I took it to a second mom-and-pop pharmacy and right away said it was for a dog, there was no insurance coverage. $45. That's it. Just $45 - 1/10th what the big box tried to charge me. It breaks my heart that people are railroaded into paying so much based on the deals the insurance companies make with pharmacies and drug manufacturers."




https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/s6zr7x/us_healthcare_this_is_what_17000_look_like/

[fescuerescue]

1. Why are the pharmacies so kind to animals

But hate people so much?

I'm surprised that they don't charge $17,000 for dog medicine too.

[Shrike47]

2. Very few people would pay it, that's why. People will pay to stay alive and they exploit it.

[Backseat Driver]

3. Was the script called in by the animal doc or was the script a drop-off?

Not that it should matter, but the mark-up on that medication used for human use is quite obscene. Companies got to pay for their sick advertising on prime time TV somehow.

Going to pick up my fur baby from an all-day blood test in a bit. She's been taking two human meds "off-label" for a common senior canine acquired issue for anxiety and pain while we do watchful waiting on an ACL injury. She needed the initial blood work for receiving anesthesia for a dental as well as doggie vaccines. Meanwhile, I'm sure my dental work will go south - I get discounts instead of coverage when it got unceremoniously dropped from the BBB that would have had it added last on a timeline to Medicare coverage with vision and hearing also--oh, wait - gruel is good for seniors, even better if infection hits the brain and kills us off; what don't the GOP and dentists understand about quality of life and health in humans - yup, happy B-day to me! (B is for bankruptcy even before I require hospitalization) while insurance companies clean up via Medicare-approved Advantage plans right alongside bigPharma and fossil-fuel brats!