The following conversation took place in a not so distant doctors office to get some warts on my fingers and elbow burned off:
Me: What can I do Doc? I've tried nothing and I'm all out of ideas. (Okay, maybe I didn't say it that way.)
Doc: Well, if you've tried everything you can let's do something different because burning them off isn't working. What about a prescription called Aldara that alerts your immune system to the warts location?
Me: Sounds great! Let's try it.
Later that day at the Costco Pharmacy:
Pharmacy Guy: Here's your prescription. Ouch, it's a pricey one.
Me: $230! For warts?!
I swipe my card.
The next day at the Costco Pharmacy:
Me: Um, I want to return this because I just realized that this is only half of what the doctor prescribed. I'll still have to buy another box after this one. I don't think warts are worth $460 (even with the $50 rebate.)
Pharmacy guy: Wow. I think we normally don't take prescriptions back but maybe we could make an exception for $230.
Some time later I walk out of Costco with $210 (less the turkey wraps and dried apricots I just bought) thankful that I didn't have to pay an absurd amount for a medication that's not going to cure me but just get rid of the warts I can see. Maybe I'll get some when it's within my price range (like $10 or so).
Side note: I do have insurance! The $460 is the discount price after the insurance. The real price is somewhere around $1000! Wow, $1000 for warts.
1 comment:
Okay, let me just say one thing, and this is totally true. My wart (I had one on my heel for about 10 years...I was to chicken to get it burned off) well, it went away when I got pregnant! Maybe it will work for you too! Then again, a baby costs more than $460.
Question: do you have to do the word verification thing on my blog?
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