Standing at the pharmacy counter, the pharmacist asks if you want a generic or brand-name product. Generic is $15. The brand name is $120. Same prescription, same medication supposedly, but one costs eight times more. So what’s the deal? Is the expensive one actually better, or are you just paying for the name? At Soma…
A woman came in asking about flu shots. She’d seen our sign outside that vaccines were in stock and wanted to get it done. Her sister apparently told her it was too early, that she should wait until October. But she was worried that if she left without getting it, she’d forget and never come…