My medication went from $31 to $130.

[u/Space-Useful]

I'm really frustrated right now and I would like to know if anybody has experienced sonthing similar. So I'm on Methylphenidate and I would pick it up from my local walmart for $31 dollars. Starting this month, it randomly shot up to $130. I called my insurance, they said it was somthing up with walmart. Talked to my walmart pharmacist and she said that nothing has changed with walmart in terms of a manufacturing change and no changes to my prescription has been made.

I had to bite the bullet and pay to get the medication (I'm afraid of abruptly stopping it). I plan in calling my insurance again but this is just very upsetting.

[u/Careless_Lion_3817]

This is nuts…people saying it’s cheaper without insurance…I believe it but JFC our healthcare system is so broken (and I just see it getting worse and worse with no end in sight). Like what is even the point of insurance??? I ended up switching to the no premium option at work bc I refuse to pay for shit.

[u/Dexterdacerealkilla → u/Careless_Lion_3817]

Even worse: if I use the mail order pharmacy that my drug benefits provider actually owns, it costs even more than getting it locally! And unlike my independent pharmacy, they can’t guarantee that they won’t ship me the one brand that I’ve had a bad reaction to.