Woke up the other morning with my eyes all crusty. Thought to myself, great, I have pink-eye. I have a history of getting it every now and then.
So I go into the Health Center, talk to a PA. He tells me I have allergies. I told him I've never had allergies down here (recently moved back to Maryland from NY), and I've never had allergies in my life (and yes, I've gone and had allergy testing done in the past). I tell him that I have a history of gettin pink-eye.
So what does he do? He gives me $102 perscription for allergy eye-drops. He says if they don't work by tomorrow morning, to call and come in tomorrow and he'll set me up with the eye drops for pink-eye.
Thank God I have Health Insurance and a small co-pay on prescriptions.
EDIT: The prescription didn't actually cost ME $102. The way my health center works is that they don't take any insurance. They bill you, you take a copy of the bill/records and send it to your insurance, and then your insurance reimburses you. They do however, take prescription drug cards (I have to get an updated copy of mine because the #s changed). Once I go ahead and get that, the charge will be reduced from $102 to $10. It's on my student account (which doesn't accrue interest, and doesn't have to be paid off until months from now).
So I go into the Health Center, talk to a PA. He tells me I have allergies. I told him I've never had allergies down here (recently moved back to Maryland from NY), and I've never had allergies in my life (and yes, I've gone and had allergy testing done in the past). I tell him that I have a history of gettin pink-eye.
So what does he do? He gives me $102 perscription for allergy eye-drops. He says if they don't work by tomorrow morning, to call and come in tomorrow and he'll set me up with the eye drops for pink-eye.
Thank God I have Health Insurance and a small co-pay on prescriptions.
EDIT: The prescription didn't actually cost ME $102. The way my health center works is that they don't take any insurance. They bill you, you take a copy of the bill/records and send it to your insurance, and then your insurance reimburses you. They do however, take prescription drug cards (I have to get an updated copy of mine because the #s changed). Once I go ahead and get that, the charge will be reduced from $102 to $10. It's on my student account (which doesn't accrue interest, and doesn't have to be paid off until months from now).
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