Walgreens is charging $198.80 out-of-pocket for a thirty-day supply of Donepezil – a medication used to treat Alzheimer’s. The same medication at Costco costs $14.87. Why? We asked the companies. Prescription drug prices are another one of those black holes in our healthcare system. I was taught pricing is a signal, but this wide variation…
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Health coverage from hell!!
This is a real bill. Can you guess what procedure this is for? !! We live in the illusion that health coverage is healthcare! But this example will prove otherwise. A person may have good health coverage through insurance but still land up paying an arm and a leg. This is an incident where a…
What Amazon could do to the business of selling prescription drugs – Washington Post
Investors sold off shares of pharmacy giant CVS Health and Walgreens on Wednesday amid renewed speculation that Amazon would enter the business of selling prescription drugs. As the stock market suffered its biggest loss since before the November election, shares of CVS and Walgreens closed down more than 3 percent, to $76.34 and $81.73, respectively. CNBC reported Tuesday that…
John Mackey, co-founder Wholefoods, talks about health and wellness
John Mackey, the co-founder of Wholefoods, talks about how his organization is taking wellness to the next level.
The Doctor’s Side of the Healthcare Mess: Why your Doctor has no time for you?
How patients suffer in the current healthcare system is well-known. Many of us think it is the greedy doctor that is the cause of this broken system. But, have you ever wondered how the doctors get paid? Maybe…just maybe, it is the healthcare system and not the doctor that is at fault. Dr. Lewis, a…