Saline and Walgreen's Pharmacy

Posted by harrynsc @harrynsc, Apr 17, 2024

Recently, someone on the forum mentioned that they got saline
from GoodRx for less than $11. I went to Walgreen's today
to pick up my saline and they said it would be $49.35. I have
Medicare and AARP/United Health insurance. I thought it might
be for three months, which would be about $16/month, but
they said, no, it's for one month. I said, "You have my GoodRx
card on file, check it with GoodRx". So they said it was $10.28.
I said, "Why didn't you check it?" They said the software just
takes the insurance on a previous prescription. This is the
second time I have noticed that their software is bad.
I had CVS for more than ten years and liked them. When
I got this insurance last year, they said I had to have Walgreen's.
Has anyone else had good or bad experiences with CVS or
Walgreen's?
Harry

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nannette | @nannette | Apr 26, 2024

Yes. Nice and hardworking pharmacists. I also had to switch to Walgreens and when I called in my saline one of the girls there saw that it was going to be $48.00 so she said hang on a second, let me keep looking and she eventually found it for $14.00!! Just because she was nice. And said she liked looking for better deals. So they order it and then find out their supplier doesn't supply it! So I said well can you call Publix (my old pharmacy) and transfer the prescription to see if they can get it? They said sure. But now it's been two weeks and I still haven't heard. Very frustrating. I did find some on Amazon, though. So don't give up. I'm hoping Publix comes through for me. They were always able to get it except for a brief period during COVID. Nan