It drives me insane that, when ordering medication from my HMO, it is no longer able to tell me the price of the pills ahead of time. It's worse than "lobster o

It drives me insane that, when ordering medication from my HMO, it is no longer able to tell me the price of the pills ahead of time. It's worse than "lobster of the day, market rate", at least you can ask the server what the rate is. I think we're only a few steps away from patients having to place limit orders on medication like they're on ETrade. Edit: I double-checked and now at least it gives you an "estimated price". But.. what is there to estimate? Why is there a real-time market rate for perfectly generic prescription pills? https://imgur.com/a/grNPBUB https://imgur.com/a/grNPBUB You end up having to place the order and the charge shows up a little while later. It's never 2x or anything of the sort, but it's also bewildering that they can't tell you what it will cost.