Moving dislike of Walgreens from Passive to Active.
Who the fuck are you to tell me to just “not worry” about a separate discount card that my medical practice suggested I use for a new medicine? Sure, it might “only” save me $15 on this refill, which you might think is inconsequential, but to me, that was also the cost of NEXT month’s […]
Porch Piracy, Pharmaceutical Perils, Mandatory Mailed Mayhem.
Xial laments and rambles a little about the annoyances and perils of mail order pharmaceuticals, with focus on porch piracy.
On freedom of choice in pharmacies.
I’ll keep this one shorter than usual. I advocate for the freedom to choose which pharmacy you can go to. Being told you can only use certain pharmacies does not encourage good care. When a doctor prescribes a medicine for the patient to pick up ASAP, if they are locked into just one pharmacy chain […]
IVR Voice Gating, a reminder.
Did you know? Whenever you get an interactive voice recognition system by calling a big business, many of them are set up with voice gates that will dump you into specific queues. Certain words, phrases, and tonalities can pull you to the front of the queue as a VIP. VIP, in this case, is often […]
An interesting year in the rear view mirror.
Hey, folks. Welcome to 2020, and all the insights that come with being in the rear view mirror. As the sun sets on 2019, I’m looking back at things I have learned, and realizations that are taking me full speed into a year with an extra day under its hood. Last year, I learned how […]
Mail Order Pharmaceuticals, Revisited.
Xial gnaws at the spleen of Pharmaceutical Benefits Management companies for double damage.
On Annoyances with Mail Order Pharmacies
In which Xial gets angrier than usual over a pharmaceuticals delay, and expresses ire for mail order pharmacies.