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Originally Posted by nmboone
Working at a pharmacy, I deal with all types of insurance. Medicaid is one of them. I'm not sure how the medicaid system with prescriptions work in other states but usually children's medicaid scripts are always free. Adults usually pay from .50 to 3.00 for a rx. I think this fee is ridiculously low. I'm not against medicaid at all for the record, but I think that some of the people (definitely not all) could pay a little more. It could help offset the medicaid system for sure. Maybe $1.00 or .50 for a child's rx (depending on income of course) and maybe a $1 increase in an adult's rx. I know most of the people could afford it.
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I've often thought the same thing. I guess the problem is identifying who could and couldn't afford it. They could base it on income. If they did that, I do think they should put a cap on out of pocket costs since I have some patients who take 6 or 8 or more different meds each month and even a small copay would add up at that point, especially if there are multiple family members filling prescriptions.