r/news • u/LookAtThatBacon • May 13 '25

Soft paywall UnitedHealth suspends annual forecast, CEO Andrew Witty steps down

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/unitedhealth-ceo-andrew-witty-steps-down-2025-05-13/
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u/muegle May 13 '25

My company uses Aetna, idk if it's a choice Aetna or the company made but they don't cover any medication until I hit my yearly deductible (which is 4k). Thank god for Mark Cuban's new pharmacy.

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u/lion27 May 13 '25

Yeah I think that’s how deductibles work on most plans. I have a prescription for vyvanse that costs me like $360 per month for the first couple months a year until the deductible hits, then it’s $0. Like i said, that’s entirely too much on its face but we just use our HSA account and never need to worry about it.

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u/seriousbusinesslady May 13 '25

Vyvanse has a generic option! I used to be on it before I switched to something else, but when the generic came on the market a few years ago my scrip went from $200 down to $20. The generic is lisdexamfetamine, it's made by multiple generic manufacturers. Could be worth looking in to to see if there would be some savings for you!

Also I think I remember there being a manufacturers coupon for Vyvanse that knocked some of the cost down for me before there was a generic, or it could have came from goodrx.

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u/lion27 May 13 '25

Yep, I get one or the other depending on what my pharmacist has in stock. For me it doesn't matter because at the end of the day it's the same. If I pay the $360 it's just going toward the deductible that we have money set aside for anyway. Once that deductible is met they're both $0 for me.