I just brought my daughter for an obgyn vist and a follow up to get one of the BCP that helps control acne. No exam, a few questions and the RX. For both appointments my portion was $380. I almost had a heart attack.
I would have never agreed the the follow up had I known it was going to cost that much. Literally, the follow up was the doctor asking her how it was going and then giving the remainder of the RX (because she only gave 3 months worth at the first visit). It wasn't even five minutes.
Then I went to fill my sons' RX for skin cream. Normally, you get it for $35 with a drug company coupon. Now it was $115 with the coupon.
I hear you and I know it hurts when you’re faced with doctor and pharmacy bills like that. I just replied to red badger’s post and told him that I really feel for the younger generations. My husband and I didn’t retire until we were 70 and certainly faced obstacles in our working years and did a lot of griping about the government but nothing compared to what obamacare is doing to families. AND no one is answerable for the mess they created! We at least in our prime always had the hope that things WOULD GET BETTER....
At the beginning of our working years in the 1950’s, employees were covered with Major Medical insurance and not for every cough and sneeze that a person had. Who got the bright idea of expanding beyond Major Medical? We were self employed for the majority of our working years so we went without insurance because of the cost.
I wish you the best in working with this system...