Healthcare in the USA: $396 bottle of eye drops my dad needed before cataract surgery

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MialoKoukoutsi on January 15th, 2022 at 23:42 UTC »

1.50 USD in India: https://www.netmeds.com/prescriptions/z-brom-eye-drops-5ml

My mother's cataract surgery including cost of lens, fees, and all post-surgery medicines cost the equivalent of about 175 USD, and that's because we chose a more expensive lens. With the standard lens, it would have been around 85 USD.

Wienerwrld on January 15th, 2022 at 23:49 UTC »

America does not have a healthcare system. It has an insurance industry.

Jackcooper on January 16th, 2022 at 00:18 UTC »

Pharmacist here

With cataract surgery you can get all generics but you might be dropping four times a day. You should be able to get all three for under $100 even without insurance. With insurance you should be under $20.

The brand name only products can be used once a day which is really nice, but yes you may pay $300 out of pocket. If you don't want to pay that / insurance doesn't cover, ask for the generics you have to use more often.

Ofloxacin, ketorolac, prednisolone are the most common where I am.