Target will match Wal-Mart on drug prices

   Target has announced it will match Wal-Mart on the $4 a month generic Rx drugs that Wal-Mart will start in the Tampa area.  We can only hope this will go nationwide soon.  Even at $4 a month on these generic drugs they are making a profit.  It only goes to show what a rip-off these drug prices have been for all of us.  This USA Today article links to the list of drugs that will be available at the $4 price.

Here is the link:

http://www.usatoday.com/...

I propose that everyone take this list to your doctor whenever you need medication to see if one of these drugs would work for your illness or condition.  Then buy them at Target (or perhaps Costco will follow suit soon) unless Wal-Mart is the only game in town where you live.  Send the drug companies a message that we're aren't going to take being taken to the cleaners on the price of medication anymore.  If people can manage using the drugs on the generic list for $4 and not buy the name brands that cost soooo much, the pharmaceuticals might get the message and look to adjust prices on other medication to make it more affordable through insurance drug plans and to individuals.  If Wal-Mart is making a profit at $4, Medicare and the states should be able to negotiate much better prices as well as insurance companies.  I'm hoping Target goes nationwide with this before Wal-Mart!!