You can’t pay for a prescription med until the scrip has been written (or transmitted) and filled.
The issue is that Øbummer”care” doesn’t fix the flaw in the market.
You should consider yourself *extremely* lucky to have a doctor who will prescribe over the phone for anything.
The PCP would not be out of line (before or after ACA) to tell you that an office visit and exam was necessary before prescribing.
Take 10,000iu of Vitamin D3 each day, for the next 3 days...then when you are well...which will likely be soon...go get your Vitamin D3 levels checked.....do some research...you’ll know why I say this.