with my trip to amhersburg on saturday morning, i've now been to the county limits in all three directions. this was a much shorter ride than the treks to leamington or tilbury:
further, unlike the previous treks, there was really no exit from urban sprawl on this ride. lasalle is straight suburbia all the way to an old town called "river canard", and that main highway, county rd 20, is suburban almost right from the split. i went through maybe five farms in between, before i got to a community called edgewater beach and then went through to amherstburg. in fact, it was sidewalk for 90% of the way.
when i got there to pick up my estrace, the pharmacist had 200 pills ready and tried to charge me $156.00. i told him that wasn't right. then, he said it was $36 - and i said that sounds more like it. then, he said it was $110, and i stormed out....but came back. we agreed that it should say $70.00 or so (given that this was more than i usually get), but he couldn't make the computer work. i told him i'd pay for it, then figure it out when i got home.
i think what happened is he charged me past my coverage limit, which is defined by the government. i'm very poor, so i qualify for the ontario drug benefit, which pays the difference between the generic (which doesn't work.) and the brand name (which is weak, as it is). but, the odb is only chargeable up to the rx limit. my rx was for 120 pills, so the added costs were for the extra 80.
or, that's what i think, anyways. i've sent an email & a fax, and will follow up in the morning.
i decided to get some grocery shopping done yesterday, and have stocked up on everything except yogurt - in fact, maybe a bit too much. i've run out of tupperware, and space in the fridge. the problem is that they had these giant 300 g peppers on sale again and they don't even fit into containers. but, i'm good for most of the month, i think, and then some. i really stocked up on stuff, for the winter.
what that means is i'm going to have to go back to amherstburg for a refund once i get this guy's boss on the phone and have him explain it.
i think i should probably be able to get my doctor to fax them an rx for a larger quantity. but, because this is a mistake by the pharmacist, i'm going to expect them to eat the cost - and maybe even compensate me for the bike ride.