I was at my doctors office this past Monday to have my quarterly blood work done. I mentioned that I'd like him to write me a script for Ambien, a sleeping medication. He said "sure", but that my insurance (Medicare and Tricare For Life) wouldn't cover any of the cost. Then he said to download the App "Blink Health, and use it to buy the drug at a healthy discount.

I downloaded Blink and entered my name, phone number, credit card number, and maybe one other piece of info, which I don't remember now. You then look up the med you're interested in buying. In my case Ambien. The App tells you that your cost is $6.58, while they show that the average retail price is $52.62. If that works for you, you enter your credit card number, and within 30 seconds, you get a screen with some information, which is listed under "Pharmacy" on the App.

You then go to your pharmacy, or any major chain, like CVS, Walgreen, etc, and give them your original prescription to be filled. When you're ready to pick up the prescription, you show them your cell phone with that screen showing. They enter the information from your screen, into their computer, and they give you your drugs. You pay them NOTHING.

Obviously, all the drugs are normal drugs that you'd get at that pharmacy, not some fly-by-night med that came from who-knows-where. Not all drugs are covered, so if you search for a drug that they don't "sell", you'll get a no-hit, and some drugs have little or no discount, but for the ones that do, it may be even cheaper than paying a drug co-pay. Take a look at it. It rocks.

P.S. as an example, using Blink, 20 tablets of 875 mg of Amoxicillin sells for $11.41, and shows that the average retail price is $23.68 (52% off.)

JJ