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A 90 day supply of my 3 generic drugs using GoodRx is cheaper than 30 day supply using insurance.

hombre_fatal 7y ago
And the manufacturer coupon of medication often only applies to 30-day prescriptions. GoodRx offers coupons for 90-day supplies.
Edmond 7y ago
90 day supply of prescription drugs has always been cheaper than 30 supply. It is also cheaper if you it get mail-delivered. Prescription benefit managers like Medco/ExpressScript have offered such options for years...Not sure what the GoodRX angle is.
- woofyman 7y ago
  Using GoodRx, $120 for 90 day supply of 3 generics. Using insurance, $180 for 3 generics 30 day supply.
  - ceejayoz 7y ago
    Using GoodRx is still “using insurance”, isn’t it? My insurer offers 90 day supplies with a cheaper copay via Express Scripts already. (Their customer service blows, though.)
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    - woofyman 7y ago
      >cheaper copay I’m not talking about copays. My insurance doesn’t have a coppay until I hit the deductible. I’m paying cash for the drugs.
      - ceejayoz 7y ago
        Copay, coinsurance, deductible, whatever. If you're paying cash outside of insurance coverage, it's not counting towards the deductible or annual out-of-pocket max, which screws you if you have significant other healthcare costs.
        woofyman 7y ago
        I have a $7900 deductible.
        ceejayoz 7y ago
        Yeah, so imagine spending $3k on GoodRx prescriptions, then winding up in the hospital and finding out you've still got all $7900 of it left to cover before insurance kicks in.
  - reaperducer 7y ago
    Using GoodRx, $120 for 90 day supply of 3 generics. Using insurance, $180 for 3 generics 30 day supply. That's pretty normal, even with traditional insurance, and has been for at least 20 years. For a medicine I take, it's $28 for a 30-day supply, and $25 for a 90-day supply. The catch is that the non-SV insurance companies usually require that you get the 90-day supply by mail. Perhaps this is where GoodRx has an advantage.
- jcims 7y ago
  Probably better marketing.
- hombre_fatal 7y ago
  GoodRx is just a smartphone app that doesn't even require login. You just pick your drug, dose, prescription duration, and let the pharmacist scan it. It's so accessible that the pharmacist told me about it and then scanned her own app on her smartphone for me. I don't know anything about the competitors, but do they have as frictionless of a UX?
atombender 7y ago
Do you know how to find out what a given drug will cost with insurance, other than going to the pharmacy and ask them to ring it up (which takes several minutes at my local Walgreens)? I've brought a GoodRX coupon to the pharmacy a couple of times, and every single time it's been cheaper with my insurance (which isn't anything special). The last time I did this, I was also puzzled to hear the pharmacist say that they "already had my GoodRX coupon in the system". I thought the coupon would be unique for each medication.
- endemic 7y ago
  > Do you know how to find out what a given drug will cost with insurance? Theoretically your insurer should provide that via some sort of online portal, but in my experience the usability of such tools has always been terrible.

And the manufacturer coupon of medication often only applies to 30-day prescriptions. GoodRx offers coupons for 90-day supplies.

Edmond 7y ago

90 day supply of prescription drugs has always been cheaper than 30 supply. It is also cheaper if you it get mail-delivered. Prescription benefit managers like Medco/ExpressScript have offered such options for years...Not sure what the GoodRX angle is.

woofyman 7y ago
Using GoodRx, $120 for 90 day supply of 3 generics. Using insurance, $180 for 3 generics 30 day supply.
- ceejayoz 7y ago
  Using GoodRx is still “using insurance”, isn’t it? My insurer offers 90 day supplies with a cheaper copay via Express Scripts already. (Their customer service blows, though.)
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  - woofyman 7y ago
    >cheaper copay I’m not talking about copays. My insurance doesn’t have a coppay until I hit the deductible. I’m paying cash for the drugs.
    - ceejayoz 7y ago
      Copay, coinsurance, deductible, whatever. If you're paying cash outside of insurance coverage, it's not counting towards the deductible or annual out-of-pocket max, which screws you if you have significant other healthcare costs.
      - woofyman 7y ago
        I have a $7900 deductible.
        ceejayoz 7y ago
        Yeah, so imagine spending $3k on GoodRx prescriptions, then winding up in the hospital and finding out you've still got all $7900 of it left to cover before insurance kicks in.
- reaperducer 7y ago
  Using GoodRx, $120 for 90 day supply of 3 generics. Using insurance, $180 for 3 generics 30 day supply. That's pretty normal, even with traditional insurance, and has been for at least 20 years. For a medicine I take, it's $28 for a 30-day supply, and $25 for a 90-day supply. The catch is that the non-SV insurance companies usually require that you get the 90-day supply by mail. Perhaps this is where GoodRx has an advantage.
jcims 7y ago
Probably better marketing.
hombre_fatal 7y ago
GoodRx is just a smartphone app that doesn't even require login. You just pick your drug, dose, prescription duration, and let the pharmacist scan it. It's so accessible that the pharmacist told me about it and then scanned her own app on her smartphone for me. I don't know anything about the competitors, but do they have as frictionless of a UX?

atombender 7y ago

Do you know how to find out what a given drug will cost with insurance, other than going to the pharmacy and ask them to ring it up (which takes several minutes at my local Walgreens)? I've brought a GoodRX coupon to the pharmacy a couple of times, and every single time it's been cheaper with my insurance (which isn't anything special). The last time I did this, I was also puzzled to hear the pharmacist say that they "already had my GoodRX coupon in the system". I thought the coupon would be unique for each medication.

endemic 7y ago
> Do you know how to find out what a given drug will cost with insurance? Theoretically your insurer should provide that via some sort of online portal, but in my experience the usability of such tools has always been terrible.