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

$1.5 million? Pocket change. They need to make it hurt and put people in jail. This fine will accomplish nothing.

Only 1.5 mil? Pocket change for them.

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Originally posted by Gustofer:
$1.5 million? Pocket change. They need to make it hurt and put people in jail. This fine will accomplish nothing.

You're right. $1.5 million is nothing. To me, the ridiculously low fine speaks volumes.

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Only 1.5 mil? Pocket change for them.

One Million Dollars - Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (2/5) Movie CLIP (1997) HD

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.

"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")

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Originally posted by ensigmatic:

"If you're not paying for it, you're not the customer, you're the product being sold." -- Andrew Lewis (aka: "blue_beetle")

This was my first thought when someone asked me if I would like to try it.

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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:
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.

Can you get your medications from Canada? If so, are they significantly cheaper?

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Can you get your medications from Canada? If so, are they significantly cheaper?

^^^^^^^^^^^
Probably but not worth the hassle for one medication. Just checked it is actually more with a Canadian pharmacy.

Hahahahaha.

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Can you get your medications from Canada? If so, are they significantly cheaper?

^^^^^^^^^^^
Probably but not worth the hassle for one medication. Just checked it is actually more with a Canadian pharmacy.

For that kind of savings, most people would sell their prescription history to Satan.

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Originally posted by Jupiter:

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Originally posted by ensigmatic:
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.

No, it was not posted by me.

Pffft…GoodRx can find that pocket change in the sofa cushions. Big whoop…

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Originally posted by ensigmatic:

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Originally posted by Jupiter:

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Originally posted by ensigmatic:
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.

No, it was not posted by me.

Corrected. Copy and paste gets me every time.

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.

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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Originally posted by PASig:


A $800 a month drug “magically” turns into $21 a month? Something is VERY wrong here.

I agree.

Facebook and Google have been trying to get our medical data for years. The scheme is working.

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.

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Originally posted by konata88:
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.

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.

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.