I require a weekly injection to keep my chemicals balanced properly, which is critical in enabling me to enjoy such things as thinking clearly, making rational decisions, maintaining control over emotions, especially in high stress environments, etc.
Thanks to the Debbie Do-gooders and fucking moron politicians, the syringe I use at home costs me $0.30, and is delivered to my door. In order to purchase the same item locally, I have to walk inside the pharmacy, show ID, they have to verify I have an active script for an injectable medication, and then I get to pay $2.00 a pop. Thank goodness for commies and Amazon or this would get expensive quickly.
Fast forward to the current moment as I sit waiting for my name to be called at the Emergency Department in Boston because I’m not allowed to have a needle without a prescription. Unfortunately, I brought 2 syringes w/needles to Boston for the one injection I need while I’m here, but alas, the first had its sterility compromised by a broken package, and because I suck, the second one went straight into a nerve causing an instinctive withdrawal, rending needle 2 useless.
So after finding a pharmacy within walking distance, only to find the pharmacy itself closed, I hoofed it over to another that was open to discover that if I’m a fucking junkie, I can get a needle at any number of exchange sites. But ti get it for a medication, that requires a Rx. Ya know, cause they wanna make sure you’re not doing smack with it……. Uh huh.
By the time I’m able to get a line damn script writer, all but one pharmacy is closed, and that’s a one-way $60 Uber ride….. for a $20 Uber ride and a CoPay, I get to sit in the ER and wait endlessly for my $0.30 syringe. Then $20 to Uber my crippled ass back to the hotel. But it’s still less expensive and substantially easier to manage logistically the Emergency Department than the ride to the other side of Boston and back.
I even called the local VA hospital. But unfortunately, they’re not able to share any information regarding their ED capabilities over the phone……they require you be in person. Despite explaining 3 times that I’m asking about your capabilities, not asking for medical advice…….. no joy.
Guessing this syringe is gonna wind up at about $5,500.
If I paid taxes……. I’d be fuming at the gross fraud, waste, and abuse on display with ya’alls money.