pharmacy technician speaking with caption ' and i would put in goodRX coupon for them' (l) GoodRX on phone screen in front of white background (c) pharmacy technician speaking with caption ' that i wasn't allowed to do that' (r)

‘I ignored her and I just kept doing it’: Former pharmacy tech says boss reprimanded her for using GoodRx to lower customers’ costs

'You were literally saving them man-hours in their understaffed pharmacies.'

On May 5, 2023 by Phil West

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‘It’s all about the confidence’: Worker says she was hired as a pharmacist after lying on her resume

'Girl, get out them people company.'

On May 4, 2023 by Tiffanie Drayton

CVS customer speaking in car with caption 'that the reason my medication is so much more expensive this year than last year' (l) CVS Pharmacy building with sign and blue sky (c) CVS customer speaking in car with caption 'at first the medication company keeps the price low to get you in the door' (r)

‘To get you in the door to get you hooked’: Customer says CVS pharmacist told them the real reason their medication price went up this year

'Your doc needs to do some fighting for you.'

On Apr 26, 2023 by Phil West

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‘Just buy the store brand’: Walgreens customer uncovers generic label underneath on-brand label on product

'The off brand is legally required to contain the same ingredients as the name brand.'

On Mar 5, 2023 by Melody Heald

TikToker's parody of cheaper insulin comes to fruition

‘Legend’: TikToker parodied pharmaceutical company and said it was lowering the price of insulin—the company actually did it

'I'd like to think the pressure helped.'

On Mar 1, 2023 by Tricia Crimmins

woman greenscreen TikTok over Georgia board of nursing website with caption 'The Georgia Board of Nursing has had enough with these fake nurses' (l) woman greenscreen TikTok over Texas board of nursing website with caption 'but they have full bios in what the fake nurses have done' (c) woman greenscreen TikTok over Georgia board of nursing website with caption 'where y'all can report these fake nurses' (r)

‘LMFAOOO Texas don’t play!’: States are trying to expose ‘fake nurses’ through public, online pages

'I worked so hard for my Texas RN license and patients deserve real care.'

On Feb 27, 2023 by Braden Bjella

woman speaking in car with caption 'I just watched a man go into his doctor ask for referral for an ADHD diagnosis' (l) woman speaking in car with caption 'and I'm in a 5 month long battle to get the samw thing done for me' (c) woman speaking n car with caption 'and the doctor did it right then and there' (r)

‘I’m in a 5-month long battle to get the same thing done for me’: Woman blames medical misogyny after doctor immediately refers man for ADHD diagnosis

'This is why self diagnosis is valid.'

On Feb 25, 2023 by Braden Bjella

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‘I have never seen this in pharmacy in 8 years’: Pharmacist speaks out about the drug shortage in PSA

'Everyone in the comments saying switch pharmacies, it’s NOT THE PHARMACY!!'

On Feb 24, 2023 by Melody Heald

doctor speaking with caption 'health insurance companies don't care about you' (l) doctor speaking with caption 'they want to extract as much money as possible from your healthy body (c) doctor speaking with caption 'then when you're no longer healthy they want you to die as quickly as possible (r)

‘They want you to die as quickly as possible’: Doctor issues PSA about ‘the truth’ of health insurance companies

'As someone who works in health insurance verification—yes.'

On Feb 18, 2023 by Jack Alban

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‘I def do it for the love of surgery bc the money is not good’: Doctor claiming to make $12/hr performing surgeries reacts to scrub tech making $80/hr

'Where in the world are they paying $12 an hour for surgeons?'

On Jan 27, 2023 by Phil West

woman speaking with hand up (l) pharmacist giving medicine to customer (c) woman speaking with hand on chest (r)

‘The amount of money I would have saved on past animals’: Woman shares PSA for getting cheap pet medication

'You might've just saved my dog's life!'

On Dec 4, 2022 by Braden Bjella

young woman with caption 'me when my fridge gets unplugged during dorm checks over thanksgiving break after i wrote 'insulin inside please don't unplug' on the fridge' (l&r) pink sticky note with handwritten 'Insulin inside pls don't unplug' (c)

‘Insulin inside please don’t unplug’: College student says her fridge holding her 27 insulin vials was unplugged

‘I’d be FUMING.’

On Dec 1, 2022 by Alexandra Samuels

TikToker speaking with hand up caption 'Why I have Black Bones' 'like the bones in my body are black' (l) Minocycline pill bottle with blurred spilled pills on pink background (c) TikToker speaking with caption 'Why I have Black Bones' 'and it's because I have something called minocyclone' (r)

‘My skeleton is really cool’: TikToker says acne medication turned their bones black

'I kind of want archaeologists to find my really goth skeleton one day.'

On Nov 20, 2022 by Braden Bjella

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‘I had to choose between not wanting to kill myself, or having sex’: Mental health meds can make it more difficult for women to cum. Doctors don’t care

'I wish people would speak about it more, it is not as rare as we think it is!'

On Oct 24, 2022 by Dania Quadri

woman speaking into earbud microphone caption 'today there is no medicine in the medicine ball at Starbucks (l) woman holding Starbucks Honey Citrus Mint tea in front of chalk board (c) woman speaking into earbud microphone caption 'it's called a honey citrus mint tea' (r)

‘I had to tell someone it wasn’t medicinal’: Starbucks barista calls out customers who come in sick and order a ‘medicine ball’

'One time this lady came in & asked me if I had the tea that cured covid.'

On Oct 7, 2022 by Melody Heald