Consumers abandon hundreds of thousands of prescriptions each year at the pharmacy, often because of high prices. (Photo: Shutterstock)
When Mary Kay Gilbert saw her doctor in May for a skin infection on her leg, she wasn't surprised to receive a prescription for an antibiotic cream.
But Gilbert, 54, a nurse and health consultant, was shocked when her physician clicked on the desktop computer and told Gilbert the medicine would cost $30 on her Blue Cross and Blue Shield plan.
“I was like, 'Wow — that's pretty cool that you know that information,'” she recalled telling the doctor in Edina, Minn.
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