[eskielover]

It was a real awakening of how much people without insurance are actually funding the pharmaceutical companies. I am on 200ug/hr of Fentynal which is 2 100ug/hr patches every 3 days.....20 patches /month.

When I was paying cash for it, I was paying $900/month for them. I finally was able to find an insurance company that would cover that medication (Medicare part D didn't cover that medication at all). When I went to the same drugstore with the insurance, I ended up paying my $5.00 payment.....I needed to know how much the insurance was billed for it because I have to pay the full amount when both payments total $2100. I found out that the insurance only payed the pharmacy just over $500 for that medication.

Wow, with insurance, the medication was only just over $500 & when I was paying cash, it was $900/month......same exact generic medication.

Wonder if all that extra money I was paying went to the pharmacy??????

Just wondering where all my money went?
Debbie

[wi_fighter]

All I can think of is that the out-of-pocket people are paying the actual cost, and the pharmaceutical company is eating the difference between the actual cost and what insurance covers.

[Monty_girl]

It's the same way when you visit a doctor. When I didn't have insurance and paid cash I paid $75 for a visit. With insurance I pay $15 for a visit now. Then some of my doctors charge the insurance for over $300 for a visit. But the insurance companies will only pay them sometimes $30 or $40 for the visit. Is crazy. It's all a big game. I know someone related to hubby who works for an insurance company. They get taken a couple times a year on these hugh all expensives paid vacations for weeks at a time. That's where all our money is going. Wining and dinning a select few.