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Complaint Review: CVS - South Windsor Connecticut
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CVS Pharmacy ripoff insurance scam South Windsor Connecticut
Just a heads up to all of us with HMO insurance plans that frequent CVS Pharmacy. If you purchase a prescription that costs less than your copay (like amoxicillin - around $5, we have a $10 copay) they still charge your insurance company 10 - 15 cents for that prescription, even though you've paid the full value.
In speaking to a former CVS pharmacy employee I find that it's a big scam. They do it because they can get away with it. The insurance companies just pay the claim, because it costs them more to question it. And all those 10 - 15 cent claims add up to $1000's corporate wide.
This cannot possibly be legal! It drives up the already high costs of insurance premiums. As a self employeed person I resent this. Insurance is one of my biggest costs, and with a young family and a heart condition I cannot afford to be without it.
Laurie
Tolland, Connecticut
U.S.A.
In speaking to a former CVS pharmacy employee I find that it's a big scam. They do it because they can get away with it. The insurance companies just pay the claim, because it costs them more to question it. And all those 10 - 15 cent claims add up to $1000's corporate wide.
This cannot possibly be legal! It drives up the already high costs of insurance premiums. As a self employeed person I resent this. Insurance is one of my biggest costs, and with a young family and a heart condition I cannot afford to be without it.
Laurie
Tolland, Connecticut
U.S.A.
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April
Waldorf,Maryland,
U.S.A.
It just keeps getting worse, It's a big pain to see how these pharmacies rip the consumers off.
#2Consumer Suggestion
Mon, August 04, 2003
In fact, this has been up before Congress for quite awhile now. Not only do those with HMO's get screwed, but they do this with those on Medicare and Medicaid. You see, one of the other problems, besides the over pricing, is the fact that 9 times out of 10, the pharmacy will say their "out" of the generic to widely used mediactions and charge the consumer saying that the brand is not covered by their insurance. The other big deal right now is, those that don't have insurance. About 60% of Americans can not afford insurance and make too much to recieve state funded insurance. That's when the pharmacies hit hard. A good example: Someone with an HMO, we'll say hasn't hit their deductable yet, will pay $65.00 for a month of Depocote. Whereas those that do not have insurance will pay $125.00 plus. Sad, isn't it? You figure, if these pharmacies screw the insurance companies out of millions by using their methods of overchanging, can you imagine how much more they profit by doubling the cost for those without insurance and denied a generic? Congress does have to do something and soon. Right now, this is legal, but with the complaint of consumers and insurance companies, they had no choice but to start a restriction inquiry on pharmacies. Hopely this will happen sooner than later. Insurance costs enough now, we shouldn't have to pay an increase each year because of pharmacies.Maybe the right person will see your report. Let's keep our fingers crossed.
