On Sat, 5 Nov 2011 18:53:05 -0400, "jmcquown" >
wrote:

>
>"Brooklyn1" <Gravesend1> wrote in message
.. .
>> "jmcquown" wrote:
>>>"Polly Esther" > wrote in message
>>>> "Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
>>>>> On Fri, 4 Nov 2011 21:28:19 -0500, "Polly Esther"
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> There's a red tape applied to the
>>>>>>floor about 6 feet away from her. She will Not accept a prescription
>>>>>>unless
>>>>>>the customer stands behind the red line
>>>>>
>>>>> That's the standard setup here. It's for privacy reasons to allow you
>>>>> to discuss your issues without embarrassment.
>>>>> Janet US
>>>>
>>>> BUT there was no one ahead of me or behind me. There was no reason for
>>>> me
>>>> to go 'stand away' except she had to show her authority. Polly
>>>
>>>
>>>That's not what you said in your first post. You said, "There is a long,
>>>long line of folks winding
>>>back and around like at Disneyworld but there's no roller coaster reward
>>>at
>>>the end. Maybe you do get to scream."
>>>
>>>For a long time Wal*Mart advertised their $3 prescription drug program for
>>>generic equivalents for people who don't have Rx drug coverage. After I
>>>got
>>>out of the hospital in 2008 my doctor insisted I start taking an
>>>antibiotic
>>>immediately, as soon as I got home. I knew this drug was on the list I
>>>had
>>>previously read of drugs eligible for this antibiotic so I I had them call
>>>in the prescription to the Wal*Mart pharmacy. I went over there, stood on
>>>line for what felt like hours and the charge was close to $50. I don't
>>>shop
>>>at Wal*Mart. Since Sam Walton died his greedy kids have let everything go
>>>to hell.
>>
>> That doesn't sound right. I fill Rx drugs at Walmart often, even some
>> of my cat's Rx meds, and I have never had to wait more than a few
>> minutes and the price is far less than anywhere else... a 30 day
>> supply is $4... a 90 day supply is $10.
>(snippage)
>
>It may not sound right to you, but this wasn't a 24/7 WalMart. I was
>standing in line waiting to have my prescription filled. The pharmacy
>closes at 7PM. And they didn't charge me $3 or $4. I remember this very
>clearly because my mother didn't want me to drive over there to get a
>prescription filled but the doctor insisted I start taking it the minute I
>got home. What happened to the days when hospitals had pharmacies?

Hospitals do have pharmacies, but for their patients... and they bill
their patients far more than the corner drug store. Meds in hospitals
are very expensive.