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Intractable
(1,886 posts)For most prescriptions, it is cheaper, and some substantially cheaper, than my costs with insurance.
https://www.costplusdrugs.com
applegrove
(131,516 posts)Intractable
(1,886 posts)$7.50, 5-day shipping, and it's still substantially cheaper.
Cuban does not have Jardiance (for diabetes). His substitute is Brenzavvy, and it also is crazy expensive.
cstanleytech
(28,365 posts)Jardiance though has a documented history of helping people with cardiovascular problems and helping to protect the kidneys unlike Brenzavvy.
Intractable
(1,886 posts)I was able to get Jardiance (using insurance!) for $30 for three months from a local pharmacy.
Jardiance is probably the better product. There's a reason the commercials show people dancing in the streets over it. It's been very good to me. A1C is down. Eight additional pounds lost.
Mark Cuban's site does take some forms of insurance, but not mine.
Without insurance and discounts (and there are many to be had) Jardiance is like $300 per month.
My Dr. told me that later this year, there will be generics for Jardiance. Then, many more will dance in the streets!
cstanleytech
(28,365 posts)As for me I am talking Jardiance, Mounjaro and using lyumjev as my insulin in my pump.
The Mounjaro I think has been the biggest help for me and losing weight though because I've gone down from almost 270 to 196 and my goal weight is 160.
buzzycrumbhunger
(1,788 posts)Jeez, thats better than GoodRx and any other discount coupon we use (Im a pharmacy tech)and almost better than my own copay (before Sycamore bought fkg Walgreens and has been making our life hell as they scrape the bones dry and undoubtedly sell the corpse when theyre done
I really, REALLY need to get out of there.
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area51
(12,627 posts)They can't be reformed or brought to heel. After all, the Extreme Court ruled money is free speech, & they'll continue to bribe the congress as long as they're allowed.
tinrobot
(12,038 posts)That's a pretty big chunk of the costs right there.
But as Cuban states, the problem is the people who can't afford their bills. That would fall on the government to fill the gaps. Getting something like that through a bribed and gerrymandered Senate would be a tough one.
TexasBushwhacker
(21,163 posts)it saves even more, because they only charge one shipping and processing fee.