My pharmacy is at a grocery store. They deeply discount certain common generic meds because they want you to shop there for groceries.

It’s less about negotiating a copay, but rather letting market forces work to people’s advantages

those market forces made the US have the most expensive meds

I know that is the talking point, but that is not my lived experience. I have been on 5 regular meds for chronic conditions and I currently pay less than $25/mo with my insurance plan. Twelve years ago I did a 18 month stint doing freelance work with no health insurance and paid about the same.

Those same 5 meds are probably free in most EU countries and even some south american ones. It could also be given for free in the US at a fraction of the total spending but that would impact the GDP too much.

From zero to 25usd/month is a huge difference

> From zero to 25usd/month is a huge difference

I know how much my EU colleagues make in income and how much they pay in taxes to save that huge difference of $0 to $25.

I’d much rather have my salary, insurance bill, and $25 Rx co-pay all day long.

Because if you don’t do such things, you spend more than you have to.

Point being you shouldn’t have to

Ah my bad, thought you were asking why folks do it in the US.