Fills deez fer me

I have run into a couple, and I stress, a COUPLE of doctors that actually write “Must fill by” dates on the antibiotic scripts they write for children. I wish there were more of those out there.

And Flintstone’s vitamins? You HAVE to be kidding me. Yes, when my kids were babies I had Medicaid for about two years. But I NEVER expected or even knew for that matter that I could get Flintstone’s vitamins for my kids. Dang. I’m pissed. I always paid for the cheap store brand. I am sure my kids have suffered serious developmental issues because of their deprivation.

HAHA!

I’m not going to lie, The Angriest Pharmacists mother and father had rough times when he was a baby went to the county offices to try and get some food stamp type stuff. They were denied because my father had a job — he was a bill collector (ICK!) Neither of my parents went to college, and they had tough times — but they always worked! My father finally found a great factory job fixing machines and my mother became an EMT then went back to school and became and LPN (and my father’s job supported us).

The point of the anecdote is that they needed help, couldn’t get it, but still they pulled themselves up by their own bootstraps! They needed it. Now, for 25+ years since then, they’ve given back to a system that couldn’t (or wouldn’t) help a young couple with a small baby.

Now - everybody is on welfare. All their kids are on welfare and medicaid. Yet, no effort is being made to get a job, education, or stop the cycle of neediness. Bogus!

You’re starting to sound like me now.

Check your archives - ya never know…:-)

I think your rants on the matter just make me realize even more the absurdness of it all.

OMG!! I hate those types of customers. Each child has a freakin different last name and all of them getting 4 different meds each! And when you tell them its going to take some time, they get annoyed! Well you’re giving me 20 scripts to fill. You have to realize its going to take at least an hour! Argh.

OK, the other day, I was covering in a store that’s in a low income area. A lady came in with a script for K-Y Jelly. I looked at her profile and she was on Medicaid and she had gotten condoms filled before! WTF! =S
I just filled her K-Y Jelly and handed it over!

TAestP: Of course no effort is being made to pull themselves up. There’s no incentive to pull yourself up, and every incentive to be a victim. And you see where it’s getting us.

When I first started reading this post, I thought it was the intro to a joke or something.

You’ve got to be kidding me! I can’t believe people on the govt take can get vitamins, condoms, ky jelly, etc.

That’s my main problem with medicaid/medicare/welfare handouts. I got not problem paying for some old ladies heart medication so she can stay alive, but if she gets indigestion, she needs to pony up for the maalox or deal with the lack of comfort.

Granted, I guess paying for free condoms for these types is better than paying for their future kids first 18 years of life (or more….)

Oh, and on a related note, yesterday evening I had to wait in line for an extra 5 minutes (in the express lane!) at the grocery store because the cashier had to explain to the lady using food stamps that she wasn’t allowed to buy oreos on the food stamps.

Mind you, the lady had gold on each finger, and I saw her getting into an SUV that probably costs her more in gas a month than my monthly car payment, but at least she had the decency to get “spinners” for the wheels……

I had this happen to me over break. Except, I kid you not, it was 9 children, with all different last names. All getting…elimite. I felt so dirty after THAT one

A few months ago, I actually had a foreign child on Medicaid’s mom bring me in a prescription for povidone iodine as directed. The kicker was that this was in December, I believe, and the RX was dated July of ‘07. Pisses me off. Best part was the generic equivalent was literally, maybe $2 on the shelf. There’s no way she couldn’t have fucking afforded $2 in the neighborhood I live and work in, which is mostly affluent.

Yes, I am a single mom.
I work full time as a pharmacy technician, have been at current place of employment for near 3 years.
I pay my dues..
And my daughter is on medicaid.
Mind you, I was 100% honest about EVERYTHING.. and she qualifies. That being said, I think the last time I used her state benefits, was for some eye drops for pink eye,back last July. In fact, the last 3 prescriptions were for pink eye.
In fact, I never realized until I worked back in the pharmacy that Medicaid pays for vitamins.. or infants tylenol.
I could have saved some money.
But somehow, it just doesn’t seem right to use medicaid for items that don’t require a prescription.. (shrugs) maybe it is just me.
Because everyone else does the above.. gets the tylenol, gets the vitamins, the iron supplements.. and their kids are on at least 4-5 different meds..

Sometimes I wonder if I should bother having her on medicaid, but then remember since her sonofabitch father is worthless, and it costs almost $50 a week for both of us on my insurance.. why the fuck not. She qualifies by default under state law, and goddamit, I pay towards it with taxes. So that is my asinine thought for today.

Ya know what Sara? I think I’m cool with that.

Would you ever throw something at a customer that was berating me? To defend my honor?

If yes, you should come to work for me because based on the swear and anger in your post, I think we’d get along great!

If I’m paying for someone else’s kids vitamins I REFUSE that they be in fun shapes….

I’d prefer they come in sharp, poorly tasting objects myself.

I wonder if they could make them tuna flavor?

I got one of the plans we take for welfare to accept my chain brand of childrens’ chewable vitamins WITH iron from the insane doc who prescribed the iodine, and when I opened the bottle and smelled them, I was pleased to discover that, not only were they vomit-colored, but also rancid-smelling. Needless to say, they have not been refilled.

Yes, I would definitely defend your honor, in fact, I hope you woud defend mine also since my ‘tude has gotten me in a wee bit of trouble at times..
and it would rock if you were my RPH.. the one I work for now is too nice.. but I’m working on that :)