5 Questions to Ask Your Doctor Before Taking Prescription Drugs to Maximize Your Savings

This is from Dr. Eric Bricker at Compass:

1. Is this generic? ...
2. If a pill is a combination of two medications, ask your healthcare provider if you can take the two medications separately as two separate pills that are generic....
3. Ask if there is a way to treat your condition without taking a medication....
4. If you are taking a chronic medication, [ask if you can] use mail order. 
5. [For infusion therapy drugs, can] the doctor infuse them in his or her office ... [rather] than at the hospital or hospital outpatient facility [which often costs more]? ...