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KatyaR

(3,445 posts)
37. The $4 lists will be gone soon.
Mon Mar 10, 2014, 08:11 AM
Mar 2014

My generic thyroid that I must take every day went up the end of last year from $4 a month to $11. All the generic thyroid meds from that manufacturer went up so much that they no longer qualify for the $4 plan.

A friend takes a compounded thyroid med, and it has gone up from $60/month to $160/mo. Her hormone meds have gone up a crazy amount, as well.

I guarantee you this is retaliation for the healthcare act. I guess there will be a lot if people dying from lack of meds. Talk about your death panels....

+1. nt bemildred Mar 2014 #1
Thanks for this info - we'll be looking into it. The FDA and Dept. of Commerce erronis Mar 2014 #2
This is an important topic and an illuminating post. As a career hospital administrator .... Scuba Mar 2014 #3
+1 well said lunasun Mar 2014 #40
At Meijer stores here in Indiana (and presumably elsewhere), most common antibiotics are free. NT Adrahil Mar 2014 #4
Some stores in Ga. have it free. 840high Mar 2014 #17
crucial information G_j Mar 2014 #5
McCamy Taylor Diclotican Mar 2014 #6
Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2014 #7
This could qualify for the stupidest post of the day! Marrah_G Mar 2014 #8
Antibiotics for pneumonia, bad. Kale, good. uppityperson Mar 2014 #10
Stupid! You gotta be kidding-my daughter died due to lack of medical care Stargazer99 Mar 2014 #26
The post I was commenting on was hidden Marrah_G Mar 2014 #28
I am sorry to hear that, Was this recent? n/t hollysmom Mar 2014 #29
Thanks for posting this malaise Mar 2014 #9
unbridled capitalism and health care rafeh1 Mar 2014 #11
There is another pretty common drug that is too expensive passiveporcupine Mar 2014 #12
Hi passiveporcupine.. In Ontario albuterol is called salbutamol , brand name is Ventolin. nenagh Mar 2014 #30
Ventolin is our generic brand. It is the cheapest brand I can get here. And it is almost $50/mo passiveporcupine Mar 2014 #33
Might not work for everyone but if you can get a neb machine McCamy Taylor Mar 2014 #31
I have a nebulizer and I use it often, but it's not with me when I am away from my house. passiveporcupine Mar 2014 #34
I heard they changed to CFC free arikara Mar 2014 #44
Pulmicort is a steriod, not albuterol passiveporcupine Mar 2014 #47
Thanks for the article and link. unapatriciated Mar 2014 #13
Keep posting, keep posting. grasswire Mar 2014 #14
Thanks for continuing to speak out on this. How many illnesses are not being treated because of the freshwest Mar 2014 #15
So sad (nt) Babel_17 Mar 2014 #16
GREED. Rex Mar 2014 #18
important..rec frwrfpos Mar 2014 #19
I've run into this, too. HeiressofBickworth Mar 2014 #20
I take propanolol, murielm99 Mar 2014 #41
That's why my kids c-pay was $30.00 instead of the normal glowing Mar 2014 #21
But we have the BEST Health Care in The WORLD....... (for the very RICH). bvar22 Mar 2014 #22
More Take From the Many and Give to the Very Few LarryNM Mar 2014 #23
We NEED he Gov to investigate into why the cost of drugs are escalating so fast. Something crooked Auntie Bush Mar 2014 #24
Thank you for posting this. theHandpuppet Mar 2014 #25
CDC finally acknowledged last year how Lyme is greatly underdiagnosed zazen Mar 2014 #27
Cipro is on the $4 list at Fred's and several other pharmacies. moriah Mar 2014 #32
I have an overseas, online pharmacy that I use. Crunchy Frog Mar 2014 #35
And the TPP is likely to make it even worse with the new protections for drug patents, jtuck004 Mar 2014 #36
The $4 lists will be gone soon. KatyaR Mar 2014 #37
My Armour Thyroid went up to $15.95. murielm99 Mar 2014 #42
KnR Hekate Mar 2014 #38
Mandatory, for-profit health insurance doesn't solve a damn thing. nt Romulox Mar 2014 #39
I recall reading somewhere Turbineguy Mar 2014 #43
So grateful that the 2009 health care reform efforts of everyone from truedelphi Mar 2014 #45
Yes, I remember. NCarolinawoman Mar 2014 #48
Capitalism will kill us all! n/t RoccoR5955 Mar 2014 #46
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