Lower Generic Prescription Prices - Blink Health and Good RX

[Tink's Pixieduster]

I saw a segment on NBC news last night (http://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news...ging-down-costs-of-generic-drugs-624105027880) and thought I would share. There was also an article in the New York Times last week talking about this (http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/10/b...-by-pulling-back-the-curtain-online.html?_r=0).

If you are taking one or more generic prescriptions and the cost is adding up, this might be worth looking into.

The company mentioned in the NBC story, Blink Health (https://www.blinkhealth.com/) does not care if you have insurance coverage or not. Neither does Good RX (http://www.goodrx.com/), mentioned in the NY Times article.

Full disclosure - I checked pricing for my generic meds through Blink and Good RX and found I pay less by going directly through my insurance and pharmacy so I won't be using these websites, at least for now, but I'm glad to know about them. If you have little or no insurance coverage for generic medications, this may help save some money.

 

[DVC'96]

Thank you! I saw the NBC story on the Today Show this morning and when I went to their website to get the name again I couldn't find it. We have pretty good insurance but I'm curious and someone else I know may be able to use it.

 

[Minnesota!]

Oooh, I just saw that one of mine is $6 on here when I pay $30 at the Pharmacy. Anyone have reviews on Blink?

 

[Tink's Pixieduster]

Oooh, I just saw that one of mine is $6 on here when I pay $30 at the Pharmacy. Anyone have reviews on Blink?

The only information I've seen is contained in the news articles I referenced in my first post and I don't know any more about it than that, so no, I haven't seen any reviews other than the people the NY Times and NBC talked to.

This is a new concept so I understand why there are questions and might have some too if I were considering this. It may help if you read through the Blink Health FAQs to make sure you understand how it works and help you decide if you're comfortable giving it a try. https://www.blinkhealth.com/faq

 

[jmmess]

Thanks for the info! Goodrx.com was a great site for comparison!

 

[suzanne108]

I have spent 1 week trying to pick up a prescription after buying it on blinkhealth.com. I have had a lot of "I'm sorry" phone conversations with their customer support manager. Bottom line is that they sold me a prescription, I paid for it, but when I went to pick it up at my pharmacy, the blink health system repeatedly rejected it. Bottom line, I wasted a week following up while they were supposedly trying to "fix" the problem, that I could have spent taking my medicine. Problem still not "fixed".