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Down the Rabbit Hole |
A few people I know use GoodRX to get discounts on prescription medications. I never used GoodRX because I knew there had to be a catch. As it turns out, there was. FTC fines GoodRx $1.5 million for sending consumer health data to Google and Facebook https://www.theverge.com/2023/...vacy-google-facebook Diligentia, Vis, Celeritas "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." -- George Orwell | ||
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Staring back from the abyss |
$1.5 million? Pocket change. They need to make it hurt and put people in jail. This fine will accomplish nothing. ________________________________________________________ "Great danger lies in the notion that we can reason with evil." Doug Patton. | |||
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Oriental Redneck |
Only 1.5 mil? Pocket change for them. Q | |||
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Down the Rabbit Hole |
You're right. $1.5 million is nothing. To me, the ridiculously low fine speaks volumes. Diligentia, Vis, Celeritas "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." -- George Orwell | |||
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Down the Rabbit Hole |
One Million Dollars - Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (2/5) Movie CLIP (1997) HD Diligentia, Vis, Celeritas "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." -- George Orwell | |||
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Member |
One of my generics is 806 per month. Goodrx is 21 bucks. I am not on Facebook and figure that is not a bad bargain. It is not like they are the only ones data mining. They should have been upfront about it. | |||
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Nullus Anxietas |
"There's no such thing as a free lunch." -- Milton Friedman, American economist and statistician "If you're not paying for it, you're not the customer, you're the product being sold." -- Andrew Lewis (aka: "blue_beetle") "America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe "If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher | |||
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Down the Rabbit Hole |
This was my first thought when someone asked me if I would like to try it.
Can you get your medications from Canada? If so, are they significantly cheaper?This message has been edited. Last edited by: Jupiter, Diligentia, Vis, Celeritas "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." -- George Orwell | |||
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^^^^^^^^^^^ Probably but not worth the hassle for one medication. Just checked it is actually more with a Canadian pharmacy. | |||
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Sigforum K9 handler |
Hahahahaha. | |||
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Down the Rabbit Hole |
For that kind of savings, most people would sell their prescription history to Satan. Diligentia, Vis, Celeritas "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." -- George Orwell | |||
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Nullus Anxietas |
No, it was not posted by me. "America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe "If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher | |||
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Member |
Pffft…GoodRx can find that pocket change in the sofa cushions. Big whoop… "If you’re a leader, you lead the way. Not just on the easy ones; you take the tough ones too…” – MAJ Richard D. Winters (1918-2011), E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne "Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil... Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw and as dry grass sinks down in the flames, so their roots will decay and their flowers blow away like dust; for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel." - Isaiah 5:20,24 | |||
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Down the Rabbit Hole |
Corrected. Copy and paste gets me every time. Diligentia, Vis, Celeritas "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." -- George Orwell | |||
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Ammoholic |
I have no clue what goodrx is or how it works. All I know is one of my prescriptions came up to $46 unexpectedly yesterday. I asked them to check goodrx (whatever it is), she said it will be $21 instead. Not sure if she picked up the phone and called Facebook when I left or how that works, but for 60% I don't care if she tells zuck all my medicines. I'm not sure if I'm a goodrx customer or not or what their service is, just if a prescription seems high I tell them to check there vs my insurance. What I do know if I can save 60% with a few keystrokes, I am getting ripped off. Jesse Sic Semper Tyrannis | |||
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Get my pies outta the oven! |
The fact that we even have to rely on something like a GoodRx shows how broken and corrupted the entire medical insurance system in this country has become. A $800 a month drug “magically” turns into $21 a month? Something is VERY wrong here. I was getting bottles of Flonase for $12-15 each via a prescription for about a year until I realized those very same bottles were around $5 each via Amazon and Costco | |||
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Down the Rabbit Hole |
I agree. Facebook and Google have been trying to get our medical data for years. The scheme is working. Diligentia, Vis, Celeritas "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." -- George Orwell | |||
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Member |
I’m know I was around but I must have missed it. There was a time when I would buy something and anything shared was just between me and the company. When did sharing personal info become a thing? And when/why is it acceptable? This sharing and breaching of information should be criminal. "Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it." L.Tolstoy "A government is just a body of people, usually, notably, ungoverned." Shepherd Book | |||
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Sigforum K9 handler |
It was about the same time that people started convincing themselves that companies can sell you a product with a 95 percent reduction in price through what is tantamount to magic. They’ve convinced themselves that businesses can buy medication though “buying in bulk” or my personal favorite “negotiating with big pharma to pass the savings on to you”. Or “one weird trick to save......”. Let’s face it, people were cool with the idea of GoodRX commuting a crime as long as pharma was the victim. Now, that it is perceived that the user is the victim (which I’m Going to guess there is fine print that the user agreed to in this) it’s totally a double cross and someone needs to go to jail. Fact is, people are gullible. | |||
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Member |
A 95% reduction in a drug's price seems normal in the healthcare world. Comparing various drug's cash prices with the contract rate for various insurance companies, discounts like that are normal. It always reminded me of Harbor Freight prices where there are around five prices for any item depending on the store, sale, and coupons used. For healthcare, though, there are likely dozens of prices for any procedure or drug. | |||
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