Wal-Mart Throws Down the Gauntlet
Wal-Mart is garnering some good press for yesterday's announcement of a pilot program to drop the price on nearly 300 generic drugs to $4 per prescription. The program, which starts in select Tampa, FL area stores and will expand statewide early next year, covers a number of diabetes and blood pressure meds, and will be extended to both the insured and uninsured.
If successful, Wal-Mart plans on rolling out the price drop nationwide. Other large retail chains will surely be forced to follow suit; Target quickly announced their pharmacies would match Wal-Mart prices in the Tampa area.
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Comments
- At 03:59 PM on Sat, Jun 9, 2007 Natalie wrote:
Does someone have a list of those $4 drugs?
- At 09:46 AM on Mon, Oct 30, 2006 Anna Marie wrote:
How is this going to affect the pace program in pa. how about the hmo's who pay only $5 for generics anyway. will it be $4 for a script of 90 pills or just 1 months worth,or will it be $4 for a 90 day supply.this is medicares program as of now. does the program include name brands??
- At 11:12 AM on Tue, Oct 3, 2006 Annette Merrill wrote:
To those of you who have insurance, God bless.
I was diagnosed on July 3. I am no longer able to work due to damage of my liver, and pancreas, and
I am now going to cancer center. I have no insurance,cannot afford to by my Test strips and Lancets.
Waiting on disability to be approved. It would be nice if Walmart would consider dropping the price on those items. - At 08:03 PM on Sun, Oct 1, 2006 Cynthia wrote:
My husband and two sons are insulin dependent diabetics. My insurance company Aetna pays very little of nothing at all for their supplies. I ;ive in Pennsylvania and will be grateful if our Walmart or Target will lower our prices. I now pay about $400.00 a month for all of their prescriptions.
- At 02:42 PM on Fri, Sep 29, 2006 C.R. Battice wrote:
I am so pleased to hear,(read) about Wal-Marts new diabetic program! Having been a diabetic for 20 years I am thankful to FINALLY see someone who appears to have we diabaetics at heart>
Many thanks,
C.R. Battice
- At 12:43 PM on Fri, Sep 29, 2006 John wrote:
This is a great program, as prescription drugs are already rather expensive.
- At 01:46 PM on Wed, Sep 27, 2006 Lorrie wrote:
I am amazed that both Wal-Mart and Target can go as low as $4.00 per perscription. What changed in the last two months that would allow them to go this low or maybe it is just the simple fact that all these drugs have been always been overpriced, making huge profits when they could of been at a lower price anyway???
We all know that drugs are much lower in other countries and we Americans have alway had the burden of high drug prices and those of us without insurance pay the highest cost of all.
It would be nice for a change to be able to pay bills and buy my diabetes medicine instead of choosing between the two... - At 08:49 PM on Sun, Sep 24, 2006 Bryan Price wrote:
My Furosemide copay is still less than Wal-Mart would charge me. Evidently Furosemide is cheap, cheap, cheap now adays. 3 months for under $7.
Three cheers for Wal-Mart. And now they've started selling 3 months of those generics for $10. Wow! For my other meds that aren't generic I use the prescription discount card that I found at www.rxdrugcard.com. Low membership fee. Drug prices posted to check before you join.