#goodrx

From New Republic:

TrumpRx, the website launched by the Trump administration Thursday to sell discounted prescription drugs directly to consumers, is offering a whole lot less than advertised.  The drugs offered on the site are all from brand-name manufacturers, making them more expensive than generic brands. Almost all of the drugs are also covered through insurance already. The product pages on the website even say, “If you have insurance, check your co-pay first—it may be even lower.”

GoodRx is a FREE service that you can use to look up coupons for medications and compare the prices at different pharmacies. And you can then use those coupons when you go to the pharmacy to pick up your medications.

I'm not even joking, my doctor just placed me on a new medication that would've cost me about $38. But GoodRx found me a coupon and now I only have to pay $13.52, that's almost 65% off.

The best part is that you can use it for literally ANY medication, even for medications like insulin and antiretroviral therapy meds.

Yeah, you can only use one or the other (insurance vs goodrx) but cheapest available price is cheapest available price. I think the only every-month medicine I have where my insurance is better is my frova (migraine rescue like imitrex). Actual retail cost with neither insurance nor goodrx is $463 to $714 here. This month the same medicine goes from $103 to $179 (depending on which pharmacy I search) this month on goodrx.