Prescription Drugs : The Costco Kickbacks - The Fifth Estate
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- Secret audio tapes and an exclusive television interview with an industry whistleblower reveal a shady practice that is industry-wide. A Fifth Estate investigation shows how Costco pressed one generic drug company for illegal payments to stock their products -- undermining government attempts to protect consumers. Two Costo executives pleaded guilty to professional misconduct in front of the Ontario College of Pharmacists and the company says it suspended the practices upon conclusion of its own internal investigation. Costco says it didn’t use the funds to “line our pockets” but on the contrary the payments “are used to defray our operating costs to allow us to pass the savings on to our customers.” Hear the secret audio tapes for the first time and meet the man who blew the whistle. And find out how Canadians could be saving billions on the cost of generic drugs.
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Someone should either hire him as an investigator or start a go fund me account to help him out a little because I HATE SEEING DECENT PEOPLE RUINED FOR DOING THE RIGHT THINGS!
Shannon Vuksanic he’ll get killed.
They need to legalize medical marijuana in EVERY STATE it helps then less meds are needed
@@technofeeliak did you ever get justice?
Happening worldwide everyday the evil gets awarded the Good gets punished!!-!
@@skywatchermissouri4172 that's because the world is run by the evil one...
The government needs to hire this guy. He isn't afraid to challenge the big guys in order to uphold the law.
Jacob precisely why they wouldn't hire him. The government can't have this guy exposes it's scams
@Jacob - the gov't is run by criminals, so asking them to do the right thing is like asking the fox not to eat the hens.
Please do your research & STOP watching MSM. All they do is lie to you as the gov't controls the MSM.
cb350f doh!
The gov is also on the take.
The government is part of "the big guys". Otherwise the College of Pharmaceuticals would have done their job and stopped the mess. It's a damned dirty business when this sort of kick back trick is reflected in the final price of drugs. This is the very same business philosophy as the lowlife banksters.
The fact that this man is not being hired by many other corporations tells you , they don't want someone as honest as he is
because they are scamming the public as well , and he wouldn't fit in because he is honest . Shame ........
@Callum Ratcliffe "occult" "which"
As Hanna and Varga are still working for Costco as of the time this documentary was published, it shows that the company executive staff are just as unethical as the rest.
I sincerely hope that he finds a job after doing the right thing and whistle blowing. We really need more people like him in this world.
God Bless this Man Who Blew the whistle on the "Corpirates!" The price he paid was his Job! A sacrifice for People who need medicine! Greed is horrible! God Bless Us All!!
The other thing is the competition like Superstore or Shoppers Drug Mart; Who consistently has the best prices ?
Getting rich on the backs of ill or dying persons IS obscene. I'm in the USA and we can't even begin to get our Congress off its collective duff to take care of the same problem. Shameful!!!
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Too busy with impeachment
@@Dog.soldier1950 Reall? because it was the HOUSE that lowered drug prices and was blocked in the senate under the republicans
@@Dog.soldier1950 BS since the house lowered drug costs and yet it was blocked by republicans
He's a brave man. Corruption thrives universally, because good men keep quiet.
EXACTLY. Quid pro quo.
Here in the US our government lets the pharmaceutical companies pay off our government right in our face!
but that is after the government charges those companies millions just for the application to create each new drug. then there are the millions spent getting it approved. all that on top of the r&d to create each drug. one drug can cost $25-50 million to make, before being produced to be sold. big government is just as guilty if not more than any big pharma. and it sucks at its job
@@boedude8496 The people are supposed to elect officials that make laws in favor of the people. You cannot expect companies or people to govern themselves. Capitalism is not working. If you do not have money its assumed you are dumb or lazy Really if you don't have money its because you are honest. I know I work with the homeless and they have more ethics than half of congress in office. I am in a rural county and all the jobs which are decent paying go to those who's parents run the county or those who are related to those in charge. Never mind who is the best person for the job. So you can image how our rural county is run. Incompetence. That is just a sample of what is going on all over the country.
This is why I love Canada. Costco was charged for 7.2 million dollars by the government, your government probably would've funded em. lmao.
@@EddieBurke Yes probably.
boedude that is of course, unless it’s a vaccine- since these are classified as biologics no safety testing is required. Then, because of the 1986 VAERS, no one can sue the vaccine maker for injuries caused by the vaccine. The Hep B vaccine was approved after 5 days, for one company. With government vaccine mandates pushing forward , and all the advertising done by your MD, it’s a shoe in for easy money.
This will give me a different view of COSTCO. I guess good guys just don't exist anymore.
No they don't...not anymore!!!
Do your part, share this with others. QUIT shopping at Costco. They are all about the money, quit giving it to them. That has the greatest impact on any company. I am a former retailer and in the advertising business, their savings are often phoney and manipulated to appear very advantageous. It is most deceptive marketing. North Americans fail to use the most valuable tool they own, use your cell phone to shop prices. All advertising is about 95% deceptive. Target in America is thought by most Americans as a discount store. They have NEVER been a discount store, they don't even say that. But their well selected words, ads and store layout they give you the impression that they are. Check everybody out.
good guys get screwed.
it isn't worth being a good guy.
I wish I'd learned this 30 years ago.
They are an awful pharmacy, very money driven. I work for palliative physicians and deal mostly with patients who want to stay at home. They refuse to blister pack medications for my patients safety, they would need to go to a different pharmacy. I asked them this pack week to split 10 pills (cut in half) for one of our patients on a tapering dose and they refused. It would take too much time. Screw the patient safety! 😞
Micah 7:1-7 Alas for us,alas1 As when the fruit is gathered and the vintage gleaned,THERE is NO BUNCH of grapes to eat,no CHOICE morsel of a fig.SO the DEVOUT (HONEST MEN) HAVE VANISHED from the land NOT ONE HONEST soul REMAINS EVERYONE LURKS for blood shed,each man PREYS upon his fellow They have QUICK fingers for FOUL play; THE judge MUST handle a bribe the high official acts as he PLEASES and between them they BAFFLE justice The best of them are no better than BRIARS the straightest are like thorns TWISTED in a hedge Their hour of punishment is coming it WILL be wrack and ruin .This is the LORDS WARNING in these end times HE WARNED. Never TRUST your fellow never confide in a friend KEEP your secret close from the wife of your own bosom For sons insult their fathers,girls defy their mothers daughters-in-law defy their mother-in-law,and a mans household are his enemies As for me I will look out for the Eternal I will AWAIT my Saviour God; my God will aid me. Father is saying here IS THERE ANY GOOD MEN LEFT? TOMORROWS newspaper AKA The Word of God . cursed is the man who TRUST in man without checking out in Gods Word
“Hand in the till”, no sir, more like extortion.
It seems to me that the government should hire this man as an investigator.
Dee Raines i agree - I'm wondering now if this happens in UK?
What an excellent idea,then there would be ONE trustworthy person in the Government.
Dee Raines Maybe so, however this was a personal issue that he had no other choice to fight to keep his business he had to pay the bribes or go to officials who govern the pharmacy business. We have no idea how he would handle other cases involving other industries he knows nothing about. I would like to see the man named to the boards that govern pharmacies.
I thought the NHS bought our med`s?
Dee Raines totally agree! The guy is a hero.
Fines need to be 40 % of their total Rx sales...And loss of the license
for 2 years...Charges should be faced in courts and not a hearing with
the Pharmacy Board...Canada also needs a Whistleblower Law to protect those that disclose illegal activities..
And the system keeps going, unchanged. Companies make their money, politicians please their lobbyists and patients suffer in silence. What a time to be alive.
Yeah the college of pharmacists sounds like they do as good a job keeping their industry in check as the real estate board. Weak slap on the wrist for blatant wrong doing.
Because Im sure they are getting a heavy amount of funds from the same pharm companies....
but.. but.. everyone here says it's ONLY the pharma companies fault... LOL as if
Trust your Doctor, Trust your Pharmacy.
@@gratefulgal6416 As long as you can afford to.
The government isn't the answer. Their kickback is 50 percent.
Thank you Toni, Amir & The Fifth Estate.. Just find The Fifth Estate informative. Great investigators.
This man is a hero
Likely a BROKE HERO now
@@jafo766 so? Doesn't make him less of a hero just because bad guys rule the world.
They are all corrupt.
Disgusting greed indeed.
We own a traditional family pharmacy, we charge as close to our cost as possible and all our patients speak directly to the pharmacist. We never have and never will get kick backs at our level. No such thing as generic kick backs at a small family store. It is the large banner stores that call themselves pharmacies that destroy the profession. It should be like Australia where you have to be a pharmacist to open a pharmacy.
That's right! Fill local! People need to wake up!
I went to Shoppers Drug Mart and Real Canadian Superstore for the same prescription a couple years ago. I found out that Shoppers charged me double the price than what Superstore charged me. Never shopping at Shoppers Drug Mart ever again.
Buffy's Bloomers me neither
Actual pharmacies will always be more expensive than grocery or big box stores.
Well, both those are part of the franchise.
"That pie sure is tasty."
Who knew Proof was in the pie not the pudding?
Thank you for another Excellent awareness story CBC.
If not for the good journalism, The Fifth Estate, many of the Canadians would be in worse situation than they should be. Good journalism brings out the hidden truth, unfortunately, the government do not always act fast and in many cases, do something about the wrong doings at all.
Canada doesn't have whistle blower protection program?
@pleiades incorrect. The SEC in the US pays wallstreet whistleblowers millions. People make careers out of being whistleblowers
@@austinhodgkinson6001 LMAO NO ONE is making "millions" out of being "whistle blowers." If they were, we'd all be doing it. And corruption would not be the rampant thing it is, everywhere.
Costco does this with everyone
It’s called business
So does Walmart...
@@nanwolfe Yea dirty business.
Wow, I'm a Costco member in America, this is distressing, although I don't get prescription medication from them, I still don't like supporting a company that participates in illegal activity anywhere.
He is the hero. Wish him all the best!
The pharmaceutical industry is one of the most corrupt industries there is!
We are fortunate in New Zealand that most of these medications are fully funded. No of course it’s not ‘free’ because we pay for it in our taxes even if we personally don’t use them.. but I’d rather pay more tax and know that people are getting the medications they need to live.
kiwigirljacks Exactly. Capitalism is for TVs, toaster ovens, and ipads, NOT healthcare.
kiwigirljacks in this case it’s not the pharmaceutical industry but a specific pharmacy company
Marcus Aurelius yes I realise this programme is about a specific company that isn’t actually a manufacturer or supplier.. but in general the pharmaceutical industry has a lot of corruption and greed.
kiwigirljacks you do realise that drug companies are a business and if they don’t make money then they can’t make drugs?
Marcus Aurelius yes, but you do realise that making sufficient profit and making obscene profit and all the other questionable things that go on in the industry aren’t just about running a successful business? Maybe do some in-depth research into the industry and it’s regulators as a whole. I worked in the industry so have first hand knowledge of how it works. If you don’t believe there is corruption in this industry... I don’t know what to tell you 🤷♀️
I need $1800 a month in medications to live comfortably... on a $1200 a month disability income.
So if I don't eat and live on the street...
If you're on disability then the government covers your medications. I'm on disability too and I don't pay a cent for my medications.
Dunning Kruger If you're Canadian on disability, your meds should be covered. If not, get Blue Cross Non group insurance. Covers meds and dental for a nominal fee per month.
not for pre existing illness
That is the cost AFTER the benefits. I've been disabled 40 years. I have tried everything. Trust me.
I once filled my prescription at Costco. The pharmacist was so stern that I got actually scared. Never again.
This man, Galiesi, is a real hero. It may be that Costco is not the only one doing this, but it doesn't make it better. Someone give Galiesi a job. We need more people like him.
Everything COST Co does is a scam.
You are right. Stand in line at Costco and observe people buying stuff they will only use a fraction of and pay Costco for the 'privilege' of buying.
I WILL NOT SHOP COSTCO THEY ARE CROOKS
Who isn't?
My mom has cancer and her medication was 6500 a month. She only had social security. She had to choose living expenses over living. We did everything to try to help. But I couldn’t afford it either. I gave up my place to live with her to help and cut costs but the extreme expense was definitely a downer.
Hope things are better
Costco..I am truly disappointed in your conduct!!!😡😡😡
Mr. Galieise your an Amazing Awesome Loving Caring Man. God Bless You! Thank You !
You believe that , he just upset ,he was cut out .
The kickback system is prevalent in all Canadian retail. Suppliers "pay for shelf space", are required to buy "end-aisle displays", "listing fees." This is part of the reason consumer goods are so high in Canada. As the article says,"these are illegal fees in Ontario. Yet do the government agencies responsible for enforcing the law do anything?
The consumer should in turn demand a 60% rebate from Costco.
My doctor, an orthopedic surgeon, in 1991 told me drug companies pay for his yearly 3-week trip from USA to India , all expenses paid.
This is happening every place NOT just Canada
In Los Angeles, I thought it would be cheaper to get it at Costco. Turns out they cost more and my meds were less at the local drugstore. Don't go to Costco for your meds.
You have to shop around to find a better price. I take five prescription meds and i ALWAYS shop around for the best price
Hey...millionaires need to upkeep their yachts.
Dunning Kruger Ahahahah grrrr growling here. Xo
You think life is about upkeep?
That attitude, not millionaires, is why people are poor.
Sydney Austin
There are 560 american billionaires.(for 309 million Americans.)(so a billionaire per 1.8 million people)
There are 131 Indian billionaires.(for 1,324 million Indians)(So a billionaire per 10.1 million people)
So why the 6:1 ratio? It's almost like poor people aren't helping rich people get rich.
When you see your Doctor driving a Mercedas 500 convertible and 10 secretary eating together while you wait for a appointment , time to run out of there or you are part of the problem .
@@hardcandy7112 what does the car a doctor drive or a secretary eating have to do with anything?
Costco...nvr go there
God bless Galiesi
This was truly shocking
I find it amazing that the pharmaceutical company's are not held accountable for any criminal actions while at the same time people serve jail sentences for selling drugs. What is the difference because in the end both are doing something "illegal".
This is one reason I only shop at COSTCO just for a bag of bagel once a month, that's it, nothing more - nothing less.
Amir you rock ! This is the same story all over the world!
In the music this was called "Payola", and considered a federal crime. Unreal that this was debated by their Rx regulators
That Hanna by still works at Costco! Unbelievable.
Canadian Govt is filled with spineless politicians. Can't at least one of them stand up and shout ...'this is not right"?, then do something about it.
Not if people keep voting in politicians with corperate ties..
without accountability, corruption
Great story
The government needs to prosecute. This is ridiculous.
Tony you are a hero !You sir will always have my respect ! I pray that God will bless you financially, and bless your home life for your honesty!! This country is corrupt ,
Prescription Drugs has problem. In Quebec, the health care have the problem too, if somebody is sick and goes to the walk-in clinic, they will see the door of the clinic stick a message saying today space are full, so sick people have to go to the hospital to wait a day for the care, and if it is not a serious sickness, then next day five o'clock in the morning they have to go line up at the door and get the space of that day. it is going to be a crisis in quebec.
Today, I went to get some gas at Costoc and I have under $100 in my chequing account. I didn't know that your debit card would be rejected if you have under $100 in your account and you are stuck not being able to buy gas. The staff know this, don't explain and put blame on you for not having money in your account, but I know how much money is in the account.
I hate Costco and the way they operate their business. I will never be polite to their staff ever again.
A man that does the right thing for consumer gets screwed by Costco. What a crazy modern day shakedown.
I was just at Costco this week and I was shocked at the huge line that wrapped around the store aisle for the pharmacy.
So, let me get this straight....... the consumer would get cheaper drugs.
Nothing against you being educated - but it doesn't take a highly educated person to understand the kickbacks/rebates. My question is who is suppose to oversee these companies and protect the citizens? Maybe they should give their wages to the gentleman who is getting all this information and doing all the leg work to bring this into the light. I applaud him and he should get some kind of kickback/rebate from the people that are suppose to police this, so this kind of stealing is NOT done.
I worked for a pharmacy management business. ALL our money came from our pharmacies that each averaged $1 million US a month in profits. That was with a 90% discount to the consumer. That's how inflated the prices are - you can make a million in profit every month even with a 90% discount to your customers. Or you can make them pay regular prices and keep the difference for yourself like the fortune 500 pharmacy companies do. ALL pharmacies run on rebates from the wholesalers. The wholesalers will pay the pharmacy 1 or 2 or 3 cents per pill sold. Same goes with opiates - 1 or 2 or 3 cents per pill goes to the pharmacy. Now do you see why there is an opiod epidemic in the US? That's why pharma companies wine and dine doctors with high opiod prescription rates - gotta keep your dealers happy and keep the pipeline flowing.
So frightening and appalling that those people who try to stem the corruption that goes on on so many levels of government in the world ultimately risk everything including their lives in some cases.
I’m so furious I can’t even think of a comment!!!
BOYCOTT COSTCO pharmacy.If not,then the consumer is to blame.
Marty Truelove - and go where? They all do this, and Costco pharmacy is by far the cheapest...tell me where to get the meds we cannot do without every month, where I can afford them and there are no "rebates" (kickbacks) being paid, and I will happily boycott Costco Pharmacy.
Marty Truelove Kinda hard to boycott a place when you need the medicine.
i will not boycott costco pharmacy, they are the cheapest, i am sure the other pharmacies are corrupt but they were not included in this report.
Marty Truelove in the US it’s Walgreens and CVS pharmacy. They are crooks. My meds go up every year. It’s has been a 400% increase in the 6 years I’ve been on them.
This reminds me of the Ontario Car Insurance investigations ( Sham) . Same subject , just different style of clothes .
I bet an LP Cannabis would appreciate his sales knowledge/history and honesty. Best wishes to this astute man
WTF? I've always heard drugs were cheaper in Canada, I'm in the states, so are drugs now more expensive in Canada? What gives?
American's come to Canada to pay $100.00 or less to get insulin that costs $1,000.00 or more in USA. How does that look?
Depends on the drug, and in some cases the pharma company who made it. Our health care doesn't cover all drugs, and some (especially expensive) ones may not be. On average though, drugs in Canada are much less expensive than in the US, because pharma is not allowed to set outrageous prices for their drugs, as opposed to the US where the law allows them to set pretty much whatever prices they want.
Me. Goes into bank. GIVE ME ALL YOUR SUPPORT! 100%!!!
We all have to sign petitions to stop this outright corruption!!!
The Canadian and American governments should hire this man!
My God. I am a member since 1992. I have seen other levels of Gov't and their non-existent penalties for almost criminal behaviour. If you want to know why people do not have confidence in Gov't, this is the place to start. And now Doug Ford is getting rid of regulations and watch dogs. NOT a good thing. 24Oct18.
Shareholders like you should write the drug companies - that's the only way. Retired lawyer. These companies are owned by the public in the 401Ks etc.
Unless a share holders owns a 25%-50% shareholding, there is no chance that the directors who are the major share holders care?
I'm long past simply not filling some prescriptions, I've had to put the house up for sale.
Even minor pain medications increased in cost more than 60 percent in the last few months. Scientific American once evaluated costs to manufacture many common drugs and indicated many generic prescriptions are made for mere pennies, or dramatically less. Some mark-ups exceeded 100,000 percent. The bottles and the labels cost hundreds of times more than the contents.
Yet I cannot work, and I'm losing my house... and while I may be older I do not comprehend how manipulation, extortion and bribery builds a robust economy, or even doesn't bleed an economy of any vigour it might otherwise have. Politicians and people need to understand that a highschool drop-out digging a ditch with a shovel builds the economy more than the Costco accused do here. Simply buying something for a dollar and selling it for two isn't economic growth, domestically it's just inflation! Any government that gives latitude to such practices is corrupt, or cowardly, or both. Stupid is likely tacit.
It is not just Costco it is all drug stores in Canada.
Remember folks even still meds are cheaper in Canada then in the states.
So just because they are cheaper we shouldn't complain about illegal practices?
Honestly makes me wonder what the amounts are for here in the US. It's ridiculous how high the pharmaceutical companies can set the prices at.
The more i watch these programs from canadian tv the more i realize that canada is just like the u.s. It's very disappointing.
This has been common in the US for years Rebates, Ad fee, discounts, shelf fees to get better shelf positioning for OTC stuff. Most people have no clue what is behind healthcare prices. Its isnt just the Pharmaceutical companies fault. I paid $32,000 for 2.5 days in hospital, the guy in the room next to me was there at no cost---So I paid for him. One time I was in for two days and a foreigner, in the next bed was there for 8 days---at no cost.
Obviously the penalties by the college need to be changed. There needs to be a thorough investigation, not only into Costco but into any large company offering pharma going above the figure permitted.
What is the actual cost of generic drugs. Pennies on the dollars.
if you have the ingredients you can make it yourself
Even allowing pharmaceuticals to decide where research dollars should go and perform all the testing on their own products is foolish enough. They should be required to invest in a research pool that are allocated by a board of scientists and economists, the testing should be a regulatory body insulated from the corporate lobbyists, the developed products can be licensed to private companies for a period of time with the requirement that the quantity produced meet statistically assessed need not priced to optimize profit and failing being leased or leases having expired be produced by generic companies and even government operated plants to ensure the required quantities are needed. We have a long way to go before we have a reasonable healthcare, even generic metformin is three times the price in Canada versus other countries with socialized healthcare, comparing the Canadian system with the US system does not mean Canada is where it should be. We have a lot to do in Canada and we can begin with pharmacare as soon as possible.
Having lived in the US, the American system is truly atrocious and unconscionable. The insurance companies hire high school dropouts as teleoperators, give them a few weeks of training and then reward them for denying treatments and medications to claimants and penalize them for granting treatments and medications ( somewhat like what Canadian telecom companies do). The US insurance companies pay about 20% of the fees that Doctors submit, the phone number they give the doctors to complain takes hours to be answered, they give companies a we'll served number for companies who provide their employees with health insurance and the employees receiving health insurance get a number to allegedly a registered nurse whose job is to discourage you from seeking medical assistance. Your family doctor is penalized for referring you to a specialist though quite frankly there's not much left of the $20 the insurance company pays on the $100 visit fee. The US has become a system where doctors and hospitals are pitted against each other in defrauding each other as much as possible. I had an MRA scan done once which due to the annual deductible limit was not to be covered by my insurance company, the hospital agreed to allow me to pay for it in cash at the rate negotiated by the insurance company, they then filed it with the insurance company which was rejected so they called me to say I had only paid for a third of the fee to which I reminded them that they had agreed to let me pay the insurance negotiated rate in cash which I did, they said they would check up on it then called me back that I didn't owe anything and then I received mail from the insurance company saying hat the first invoice that was rejected had been paid as I had by then exceeded the annual deductible then later I received another letter saying that an MRA had been paid as the hospital had submitted a second invoice after trying to get me to pay the whole bill. Turns out the hospital hires hundreds of people to maximize their take from the insurance companies just as the insurance company hires people to deny you of services. Oh, four days of hospital in Houston in 2003 costs about $30,000 which is $6,000 after the insurance pays then $3,000 after you negotiate with the hospital. If you have insurance, they hook you up to oxygen regardless of whether you need it or not just to have an extra billable and they would ask you if you have insurance about five times in the ER. Also, the ER is almost impossible to find as the hospital's financially responsible to serve anyone that enters the ER until they are discharged and escorted out of the hospital. To top that, the ER is filled with obviously poor mother's without insurance and their children with colds. It's no wonder that the Doctor's without Borders organization class the US as a third world country in terms of medical care.
We sure are getting ripped off !
"GREED in its truest forms"!
I’ve never shopped at a Costco and never will if Costco even cleans it’s act up. If you want to bring them to their knees don’t shop there. It would take about 6 months and most likely they will be in bankruptcy. Can’t believe this hasn’t already been done.
This seems like something that would happen down here in the US.
ConcordClark . , it does even with medical equipment, surgery tools, etc
That's what Sam Giancana, Chicago's premier crime boss, always stated (with understandable cynicism). Calvin Coolidge gave the mobster Diamond Joe Esposito two things in return for Esposito's political favors: a guarantee that Esposito's exclusive sugar license would allow Esposito to ship sugar to his alcohol producers unmolested by law enforcement; and, Esposito could take over the unions from the east coast to the west coast. Every institution and individual from the very top political office to the lowest are corrupt in the U.S. You can especially see it in the build-up of the national police state, essential to a corrupt state.
@@sunshinem3958 So true. : (
Wonder how many other products they do the same thing with., like toilet paper, food products, etc.
I had a prescription that I bought at Costco for 18 dollars for 2 years, than one day I went in and they said it was 168 dollars , I said wrong drug or patient I pay eighteen and he said that was last month, there was a price increase.
Good to see a good man doing what he thought was right. Costco drug cost in the lowest in Canada. Image what other companies get if their drug is more expensive.
Send Costco back to China, There's a lot more people to gauge over there.
Prof. Amir whatever , tell us about you and your colleagues' payments from the drug companies for your "research"
Costco in Australia you have to pay $60 membership every year
Just to do shoping for them,,sacks
Just like chemist warehouse in Australia. Cheaper meds but you don't bother asking their pharmacists for advice, they couldn't care less.
I won't be joining Costco.
If He would Be assigned to be Investigator , He would make the Darker side of this Business , Come into the Light , Where we know our Money really ends up or in Who's Pocket it ends up in . Very Sad he lost his Job . He was only Doing what was Right to begin with . It's always the Honest Person that's pays the Highest of Price
In USA maybe this explains why Costco only carried the crappiest generics?
Joseph Hanna was a former council member of the Ontario College of Pharmacy. That might explain the weak fine.
The guy on the tape sounds like a Mafia thug.
Lewis: He is.
Thankfully, we have the National Health Service in the UK.
CH1LDOFTHEMOON
We should have that in the USA.
However, how would the rich get richer?? Heaven forbid 🤔
CH1LDOFTHEMOON yah, and how’s that working for you? Get that knee, or hip replaced in only 18 months , maybe, USA! 10 days! I’ll take the USA system every time !!!!
What a scam.
Another great eye-oppener and service to the democracy and to people of Canada. Can we do anything as society to protect true heroes of our times like Toni Gallieese who chose to risk everything so we all can enjoy better life.
I won’t shop there or Walmart.
Well you gotta take a stand... I'm sure they miss your business..