09-01-2008, 03:21 AM
Aikahimomma....Sorry if I hit a nerve with my opinion. I knew that there must be people out there like yourself that payed full price for meds. My main gripe is that if they're going to offer something that will reduce health care cost to people in hawaii...make sure that it's something that everyone can benefit from.
Pharmacy's are flexable on their pricing system dependant on many factors. All this bill does is standardize what they have already been doing so that now "every" pharmacy in Hawaii offers a 20% discount to full price cash customers with the card. Before this bill, pharmacy's offered all kinds of incentives and cash discounts (some offering up to %50 savings for a limited time) for full price customers...but it was different from store to store and month to month.
Pharmacy's are flexable on their pricing system dependant on many factors. All this bill does is standardize what they have already been doing so that now "every" pharmacy in Hawaii offers a 20% discount to full price cash customers with the card. Before this bill, pharmacy's offered all kinds of incentives and cash discounts (some offering up to %50 savings for a limited time) for full price customers...but it was different from store to store and month to month.