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Warpy

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1. Walmart is HUGE. They have bargaining power even greater
Sat Aug 4, 2012, 07:59 PM
Aug 2012

than that of hospital systems and insurance plans. That's how they get these drugs so cheaply.

I am damned grateful for cheap medications. I was in the position in 2003 of going off half the stuff that was keeping me alive and out of a wheelchair. A couple of years after that, WalMart announced its heavily discounted drugs, followed quickly by Target and Costco. For years, that's been the formulary. If it's not a generic drug on any of their lists, I've had to do without.

While I agree about Walmart's business model, I also realize I hate Big Pill's business model even more. That's how I've justified getting the one pill on no one else's list at Wally's, the rest at Costco.

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