Elizabeth Celms
(Updated 2022) As we wrote in an earlier blog post on birth control prices, when you need to fill a prescription, it pays to shop around. What do birth control pills cost? Prices can vary a little or a lot. Compare big box pharmacies, such as Rite Aid, CVS, Costco or Walgreens, with the little […]
Jeanne Pinder
“The health clinics in pharmacies and other retail stores may be convenient, but they may also take a bite out of the traditional doctor-patient relationship, a new study suggests,” writes Amy Norton on Reuters Health. “Retail health clinics operate mainly out of chain pharmacies, but they’re also in some grocery stores and ‘big box’ stores […]
Lisa Riordan Seville
Do you have prescription drug coverage? Here’s how both the insured and uninsured might benefit from considering generic pharmacy plans when they fill their prescriptions.
Jeanne Pinder
I just picked up a prescription for one of my twin daughters. The CVS pharmacy first thought the prescription was for her twin sister, who’s in their computer; the charge was $10. When the person at the counter finally figured out it was a different daughter, who wasn’t in the computer, and changed the […]
Lisa Riordan Seville
I’m new here to ClearHealthCosts, and jumping right into the pharmacy beat. I’m looking forward to it–even for those of us who rarely darken the door of a local hospital may have longtime prescriptions that need to be filled. And like nearly everything in the health care world, figuring out how to get the most […]
