You seem fixated on price. "Active consumer" (the words in the post you were replying to) means more to me than finding the best deal. It means allowing the c

You seem fixated on price. "Active consumer" (the words in the post you were replying to) means more to me than finding the best deal. It means allowing the consumer to ultimately decide what is best for them, where price is one of several factors. As far as the specific price question, with respect to drugs I can easily get that information from my pharmacist, whether it is the cost difference between a name brand and generic or just the prospective cost of a medication.