Don't Need Much Money is exactly what it sounds like: a site about needing less, so you have more. More time. More freedom. More room to actually live. The idea is simple. The less money you need to survive, the more time you have to thrive. Lower your living costs, live a healthy lifestyle focused on longevity and mobility, stay out of debt, and build a little savings, and you buy yourself something far more valuable than money: time. Time to do what you actually love, spend with people you care about, and put toward things that matter. This site is my own real life running that experiment. Most of what you'll find here are recipes and day-to-day habits. They aren't filler posts, it's intentional. Cooking from scratch, buying smart, wasting less, eating well, and staying healhty, fit, and limber all without spending much are some of the most direct ways I practice this philosophy day to day. This blog doubles as my own recipe box and exercise notes, and I share it b...
I mentioned in a prior post how I discovered and tried GoodRx to save money on my dog's prescription. GoodRx is a new online mobile way for me to shop the pharmacies in my area to see who would have the best price.
Well, I tried it on my dog's second prescription, sildenafil (aka Viagara). Yes, my dog has a prescription to Viagara. My dog has a heart condition and this medicine helps with blood flow thankfully without the same side effect as humans.
My experience with buying this medication has been even more extreme than the first one. When we first tried to fill it at Walgreens, they wanted $300 for 30 pills. That's $10 a pill! They viewed us as an uninsured customer and that was their price. If we instead got it filled through a vet, it was only $60. Proves yet again how much Walgreens is trying to gouge customers.
So for the last year we've been filling the prescription through the vet since $60 seemed to be the best we could do until I tried GoodRx. Without having to create a log-in or anything, I pulled up www.goodrx.com and punched in sildenafil with my zip code. Sure enough it showed that King Soopers and Costco would be way cheaper than my vet at only $15 for 30 days.
Knowing that Costco worked the last time by even beating the GoodRx price, I figured I would try that one again. When I went to pick it up, I didn't mention GoodRx and the pharmacists quoted the price at $45.
I then said that GoodRx showed it would only be $15 and she asked for me to pull it up. I showed her my phone with the Rx code. She punched it into their system and sure enough it dropped the price from $45 to $15! This time GoodRx did beat Costco!
This proves two things. First, GoodRx is awesome! Being able to comparison shop right from a mobile device is key to saving money. Second, it is insane how screwed up our medical system is. To think Walgreens wanted $300 for something that I can now get for $15 is ridiculous and shameful on the part of the entire drug supply chain.
Whether it is your pet's prescriptions or your own, I recommend you start using GoodRx now. You will likely save a lot of money and can do your part in helping lower the medical costs in our system.
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