Goodrx Gold

I've been using GoodRx for a while then I decided to sign up for the gold RX I don't see where it's saving me money my prescription that I get on a weekly basis has doubled It is charging me more money per prescription how is that saving money? I would give them zero stars but you have to give them one it's false advertisement you pay $5.99 a month for the service and then my medicine that I have to get weekly doubled literally doubled in price and with the regular gold RX I save more money be aware before you get the gold RX. Save more with Basic Good RX

I was a trail member of GoodRx Gold. On most generics, the Gold price is usually 6-8 dollars cheaper. However On some medications the regular like Lidocaine Patches 5% for 90 patches the GOLD PRICE was $120 dollars higher then the regular GoodRx price. However there were several medications where this was also the case.
What concerned me that once your are listed as a GOLD GoodRx member an a prescription is sent electronically from your doctor to the pharmacy are they going to charge the Gold price or the regular GoodRx price?
Customer service stated that that you just need to tell the pharmacy that you want the lower GoodRx price and NOT THE GOLD price.
Personally, I found this absurd as the best price for Gold members (i. E. paying members) should be the top price shown for the medication you want when you open the app. I dropped the GOLD membership as I found it misleading however, I will try again with the knowledge I have acquire as to how this works that is switching between Regular and Gold at a pharmacy. Note the cheaper prices under regular GoodRx is found below the Gold lists under what other pharmacies are charging. I

Hard to cancel
It cost 9.99 month
More then it actually saves! Scam, Ripoff! Do not fall for this!

I will give my rating a 1 ONLY because the agents who work for Goodrx Gold are just messengers trying their best to calm customers who know EXACTLY what is going on with what was once a wonderful RX program at greatly reduced costs. I guess the best word I can use for the Goodrx employees answering the phones is that they,
Attempt to "PLACATE" both knowing and unknowing consumers who are paying $9.99 a month only to find out that several different pharmacies are refusing to take Goodrx Gold. I am a 25 year veteran critical care nurse and know far more than many others about big Pharma and the Capitalist country we live in which allows for big Pharma to make such shameful profits "legally" that some go without their medication or give up something, such as "food" to be able to pay for the medication they often desperately need. There is an article online from May of 2022 titled, The GoodRx-Kroger Blowup: Spread Pricing, Pharmacy margins, and the Future of Discount Cards. GoodRx surprised their investors and their customers with very unpleasant news about the near death of a relationship between Kroger Pharmacy and Goodrx. I don't have the mental bandwidth to tell all of you about the months and months of literal negotiations standing at the cash register at Kroger Pharmacy to receive the correct discounted price. However, Kroger is not the only giants fighting this war, there are others and more pharmacies joining in the madness of what feels like corruption fueled by tremendous greed, yet sadly for so many people, especially the aging, I am told we are all just experiencing Capitalism at its finest. Lastly, there is a well known African proverb that states: "When elephants fight, it's the grass that suffers".

I am still stunned by what I have ended up paying with GoodRxGold. I was paying $192 for a 30-day supply of just one of my meds that I will probably have to take for the rest of my life. With GoodRxGold, I am paying only $22, approximately a 88% savings. I was convinced that a mistake had been made and that sooner or later, the pharmacy would come after me! But that hasn't been the case. Apparently, GoodRxGold has a special contract with CVS for some (but not all) of the meds. Sometimes the cost difference (using GoodRxGold) between my regular pharmacy, Kroger, and CVS is substantial. Recently, the GoodRxGold price for an inhaler I needed was over $400. The helpful pharmacist at Kroger found a generic for $99 (using GoodRxGold). Then I checked the GoodRxGold website & noticed that CVS has the same inhaler for $33, so I transferred my prescription to CVS and saved $66! A very strong anti-biotic that had to be ordered was going to cost $99 at Kroger (using GoodrxGold). The website showed that CVS charged $36 for the same med (using GoodRxGold), a savings of $33. Again I transferred my prescription. But sometimes CVS charges more so you really have to check each med. Sometimes the actual cost at the pharmacy is a little different from the website coupon but it's usually not more than a few dollars. Sometimes my insurance is a few dollars cheaper so I don't always use the GoodRxGold. I have been very happy with it and recommend it to everyone.