I’m with you. I always get better service at independent pharmacies. The only problem is, they cannot offer the same prices as a chain store and often do not have the more “unusual” medications. I do know, from past experience, that once a patron starts going to an independent pharmacy regularly, they always have what…

I was thinking about that while trying to find someone to see for my anxiety. I had my wife to suggest place to call, and it was still all I could do to find a provider in my network who was taking new patients. If you are anxious or depressed and on your own, it has to be a superhuman effort just to get your foot in…

I love you.

That was one of the happiest and most nervous moments of my entire life.

If you’re not willing to treat everyone or dispense medication to everyone then stay out of the medical/pharmaceutical fields.  

why doesn't this have more stars

I switched to Walgreens because I felt that they were the more politically progressive of the chain drug stores (e.g., they sponsor the gay pride parade in Palm Springs). But now I am having a hell of a time getting a perscription filled because the pharmacist believes it is not “good for me” (these are the words of…

I hate that you’re right.

doctor prescribes medicine, you give the medicine - thats the only part you play - just use your pos, you pos.

I hate to say it, but there are plenty of towns where people would patronize this pharmacy BECAUSE the guy was an asshole.

I hope she also made a complaint against the pharmacist with the state licensing board.

Uhh she couldn’t the Pharmacist wouldn’t give her the prescription back.

i say you have exactly the right idea

I think this pharmacist

the hell america.... what happened to getting paid aint care?

“I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve lost an argument where the US friend or colleague I’ve been speaking to is entrenched in the “why should I pay for someone else’s healthcare?” rut.”

I always love that one, because that is literally what health insurance is.  Anyone who says that does not know the single first…

This is why I went with Kaiser, which has no real billing due to it's completely intergrative nature. My wife recently had to do a procedure outside Kaiser outside qualification.  Kaiser literally had a team of 5 people spend an hour trying to figure out external billing codes with a particular hospital.   We never…

Most of the policies are so convoluted that even a lot of people at the insurance company couldn’t tell you what is specifically covered, especially with employers picking and choosing different features for plans then having multiple tiers of coverage on top of that. Regulations are at least fairly clear, complicated …

This is a very important point. If you don’t want to go with the NHS, there’s nothing stopping you from going private. IIRC my recent quote (for a 42-year old man) was £70 per month. Good luck getting anything close to that in the the US.

You’re paying for it anyway, whether you realize it or not.