Dr. Sarah Molasky

Yeah, and Munjaro is once a week, sorry.

Yeah, and Munjaro is once a week, sorry.

Yeah, they are hideously expensive, and actually pharmacies have been suffering because we take a bath on these medications. I think a lot of people don't realize that it's possible for a pharmacy to take a loss, but because... many insurances aren't a fan of these medications, they don't reimburse at a great rate.

Yeah, they are hideously expensive, and actually pharmacies have been suffering because we take a bath on these medications. I think a lot of people don't realize that it's possible for a pharmacy to take a loss, but because... many insurances aren't a fan of these medications, they don't reimburse at a great rate.

And if you work in a location where it's high Medicare and high Medicaid patient population, you're more likely to be taking a loss on these medications. So we are sometimes taking like hundreds of dollars of a loss for every prescription we fill for these, depending on the patient's insurance.

And if you work in a location where it's high Medicare and high Medicaid patient population, you're more likely to be taking a loss on these medications. So we are sometimes taking like hundreds of dollars of a loss for every prescription we fill for these, depending on the patient's insurance.

So even if the patient's copay is only, you know, zero to four dollars and 60 cents or something, I might be losing six hundred dollars just filling that medication for them. Just on cost of medication, not even talking about the overhead, my pay, my technicians pay the power. Right. Just on the cost of the drug, we're taking like a six hundred dollar bath.

So even if the patient's copay is only, you know, zero to four dollars and 60 cents or something, I might be losing six hundred dollars just filling that medication for them. Just on cost of medication, not even talking about the overhead, my pay, my technicians pay the power. Right. Just on the cost of the drug, we're taking like a six hundred dollar bath.

So that is pretty rough on top of all the phone calls we get all the time about them. Like it's these medications are not doing pharmacies any favors right now.

So that is pretty rough on top of all the phone calls we get all the time about them. Like it's these medications are not doing pharmacies any favors right now.

I think it's supposed to be due in 2026 sometime.

I think it's supposed to be due in 2026 sometime.

So I've been dealing with generic forms of insulin.

So I've been dealing with generic forms of insulin.

And it's very tricky because these... The pill forms being generic would potentially be helpful, right? But when you have a new generic, we're talking, okay, the brand name costs us $500 to order. The generic may cost anywhere from like $50 to $450 to order. It really depends on the pricing that they decide on. And anytime there's a drug shortage, we see drug prices go up.

And it's very tricky because these... The pill forms being generic would potentially be helpful, right? But when you have a new generic, we're talking, okay, the brand name costs us $500 to order. The generic may cost anywhere from like $50 to $450 to order. It really depends on the pricing that they decide on. And anytime there's a drug shortage, we see drug prices go up.

Because why not charge more for our product right now? You all want it. So so I don't know that a generic is going to help that much when it comes to cost. Also, you know, I don't have a whole lot of private pay patients. Right. And I don't have a whole lot of patients on fancy work insurance. I mostly have patients on government insurance at my location.

Because why not charge more for our product right now? You all want it. So so I don't know that a generic is going to help that much when it comes to cost. Also, you know, I don't have a whole lot of private pay patients. Right. And I don't have a whole lot of patients on fancy work insurance. I mostly have patients on government insurance at my location.

So my colleagues at other stores have said that there are people who are

So my colleagues at other stores have said that there are people who are