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    BCBS Federal. She works for the federal government. You don't think you're not paying for it with socialized medicine do you?
    They're buying customer loyalty. You people who don't have Publix don't know what you're missing. The people that are from Florida know what I'm talking about.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BobH View Post
    The only way that makes sense is that the private insurance company that your wife's employer pays to provide her the "free" benefit pays a high enough amount that a pharmacy can give a $10.00 gift card to shop at their pharmacy. Just to keep you from getting the shot anywhere else. Seems like the cost of the shot is too high to begin with then.

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    I don't think so.

    The following numbers are just ideas......

    It is an advertising scheme.

    I make a couple of bucks on the shot {12} and then give you a coupon for ten. What is my profit margin on ten for the coupon? Maybe 3.

    So I make 7 less on the shot but maybe get you to come to my pharmacy in the future so I can make a lot more.

    Then if you don't use the coupon that is a profit.

    Nothing is for free!LOL

    P.S. Anyone in the pharmacy or business world feel free to correct my numbers.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 32t View Post
    I don't think so.

    The following numbers are just ideas......

    It is an advertising scheme.

    I make a couple of bucks on the shot {12} and then give you a coupon for ten. What is my profit margin on ten for the coupon? Maybe 3.

    So I make 7 less on the shot but maybe get you to come to my pharmacy in the future so I can make a lot more.

    Then if you don't use the coupon that is a profit.

    Nothing is for free!LOL

    P.S. Anyone in the pharmacy or business world feel free to correct my numbers.
    Yes, you as the pharmacy only make $12.00 on the shot and so on. I am saying the cost of the flu shot the insurance company pays is likely too high. You are going to make 12 bucks no matter the cost to the insurance company.

    The insurance company is paying whatever the going rate is for the shot just as if you paid for it yourself. They do not bulk buy the doses as some countries do for free distribution reducing the per shot cost of the vaccine.

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    No, you definitely got that wrong. The doctors and the pharmacist don't dictate to the insurance companies what they will pay the insurance companies dictate to the doctors and the pharmacy what they will pay.
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    Quote Originally Posted by PaulFLUS View Post
    No, you definitely got that wrong. The doctors and the pharmacist don't dictate to the insurance companies what they will pay the insurance companies dictate to the doctors and the pharmacy what they will pay.
    I would think the drug makers set the price which the insurance companies pay as everyone else would. In some case you may have to cover the difference if insurance companies won't pay the full price.

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    Kind of interesting to see the price difference between what the CDC pays for bulk contract drugs per dose and what the private sector and individuals pay.

    https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/program...ist/index.html

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    It probably has nothing to do with the pharmacy. Many folks coming into a big grocer for a shot will spend money on some groceries since they are already in the store.

    One thing for sure is they aren't losing money on the deal. It's similar to come Thanksgiving and grocers either will give you a turkey for free or very highly discounted if you spend so much in the store.
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    Quote Originally Posted by PaulFLUS View Post
    I'll do you one better than that.

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    So the shot is 100% covered by health insurance which my wife gets at work PLUS Publix pays you $10 to get it there.
    ... "Publix: where shopping is a pleasure."
    They can only afford to pay 10 bucks if they make more than 10 bucks profit on every jab they give. It goes to show Big Money is involved and wants you to get one.
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    Thanks for the thread guys. It has reminded me to go and get mine.
    Currently insulating my garage and having a contractor install 4 new doors in my home so I have been putting this flu shot stuff in the background.
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