Walgreens

I’ve held a grudge against Walgreen’s ever since they stopped accepting military insurance for prescriptions. I favor CVS because they actually take my insurance.
So, you ask yourself, why the heck would she say that and give them five stars?
Well, while it is a huge issue for me that I cannot fill prescriptions there with the coverage of my insurance, I ended up there the other night because CVS has decided, in their infinite wisdom, that this portion of Iowa does not need the ability to fill a prescription at 10 p.m. at night. My son, who was in the ER until his release at 10 p.m., would likely disagree. He really needed pain meds, and I had very few options to fill the script. I ended up at Walgreens, resolving that his physical health and well-​being was more important than the cost-​savings of waiting until morning to fill the prescription. They quoted me the price, and I told them I would deal… it wasn’t enormous, and it was better than making him suffer until morning.
The pharmacist was very nice. I couldn’t fault her for the lame fact that they do not take military insurance. I waited, and they filled the script. When I went to pay, she told me she had found a discount (I honestly have no idea if this was a coupon lying around or the fact that I happened to have a shoppers’ card, but either way…). I saved about half on the script and my son slept better that night with the pain meds I was able to get for him.
If Walgreens starts taking my insurance again, I will likely not bother with CVS anymore. I much prefer being able to fill and emergency prescription and having a nice pharmacist available to talk to, even in the wee hours of the night. 24 hour pharmacy… what a novel concept!