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(This Aug. 14 story has been corrected to say that Costco will 'not sell' mifepristone instead of 'stop selling' the pill in paragraph 1 and removes reference to 'stopping sale' in paragraph 2)
Because of this, I'm leaving it up, as the poster and the article didn't intend to mislead, and the article has since been corrected.
Et tu, Costco?
Would love to do the right thing, but...
slaps the spreadsheet that shows company profits
Shareholders come first.
There are no good companies, only varying levels of evil. Welcome to capitalism.
I read elsewhere that they never sold it. I read the article but it seems to contradict itself. It says Costco "stopped selling" it, but it also quotes Costco as saying "Our position at this time not to sell mifepristone, which has not changed, is based on the lack of demand from our members and other patients, who we understand generally have the drug dispensed by their medical providers," (emphasis mine).
So either Reuters is wrong when it says they stopped selling, or Costco is lying when it says it's position never changed
The way I read it, if Costco isn't lying then Reuters is lying.
"Our position at this time not to sell mifepristone, which has not changed, is based on the lack of demand from our members and other patients, who we understand generally have the drug dispensed by their medical providers," Costco said, adding that it will stop the sale at its more than 500 pharmacies.
Reuters reported that Costco explicit said they'd stop selling the drug, but apparently chose not to include that part of the quote for some reason.
Aug 14 (Reuters) - (This Aug. 14 story has been corrected to say that Costco will 'not sell' mifepristone instead of 'stop selling' the pill in paragraph 1 and removes reference to 'stopping sale' in paragraph 2)
Apparently it was Reuters that was lying.
It's not lying if you believe it, and then issue a correction when you realize you were wrong.
It's incredibly irresponsible (possibly libelous) for a journalist to claim someone said something without proof. So even if it wasn't a literal lie, it wasn't far off.
Wtf!? It and misoprostol are also a part of a medicine regime to prevent bleeding stomach ulcers for sufferers of several autoimmune diseases.
"Fuck your stupid bleeding stomach!"
-Costco apparently
They never sold it. Why are you jumping on the hate bandwagon instead of reading the summary?
Mifepristone has no role in the treatment or prevention of ulcers, only misoprostol is used in that fashion.
Idk why someone down voted you, it seems you're right. But Mifepristone is also used to treat Cushing's disease
they will go after methotrexate soon enough which also used as abortificient.
Cowards.
And liars. Blaming their customer base instead of admitting their fear of Trump is horseshit.
Turns out the headline is bullshit and they never sold it to begin with.
They never sold it.
Do companies have an obligation to start selling a product to avoid being called cowards?
They never sold the product. This is Reuters being slimy. The headline and article have been corrected:
Aug 14 (Reuters) - (This Aug. 14 story has been corrected to say that Costco will 'not sell' mifepristone instead of 'stop selling' the pill in paragraph 1 and removes reference to 'stopping sale' in paragraph 2)
Low demand?? Birth control is in low demand??? I’m surprised that Costco doesn’t sell a smaller spoon to make this horseshit a little more palatable.
Nothing sells capitalism as inherently fascist faster than every corporation racing to obey the regime in advance.
Earlier this year Costco was in the news effectively telling the Cheeto Nazi administration to get fucked and they reinforced their standing behind their DEI policies.
That's just one example. I don't think they are the capitalist enemy you should focus on. I'm inclined to believe them on this one.
I'm generally pretty skeptical but this is plausible. The statement mentions that people often get it directly from their medical provider. If you need to see a doctor to get it and the doctor can just give it to you why would you go to the pharmacy instead?
They could be right in this case honestly, because there is probably a minuscule fraction of the preppers, large families, and pre-planners that shop at Costco that wouldn't just use some other type of birth control.
Post-conception birth control in general I cannot see being someone's primary method.
It still sucks, but I buy this much more than I buy that Colbert was cancelled for purely financial reasons.
Its probably a demographic mismatch: how many people with a costco card are under 30 years old?
Worth noting that you don’t need a Costco card to use their pharmacy. Just tell the front door badge-checker that you’re there for the pharmacy, and they’ll wave you through.
That used to be true but now they scan the Costco card at the pharmacy. Used to be that you could go to the food court as well without a card but they stop that too.
They'll ask if you have a card, but don't require it. It's against the law for them to restrict pharmacy purchases in the US. If you were denied service it was probably someone new who didn't know the rules. Ask for a manager next time.
Nope, they’ll ask if you have a membership card, but it’s not a requirement.
They scan your card to potentially give you a discount in the same way stuff like GoodRx does, but membership isn't a requirement. At one point there were even a few meds that were cheaper with the Costco discount than with my insurance.
i've had one my entire adult life. the gas paid for the membership alone. worked as a courier from 18-21
They never sold the product. This is Reuters being slimy. The headline and article have been corrected:
Aug 14 (Reuters) - (This Aug. 14 story has been corrected to say that Costco will 'not sell' mifepristone instead of 'stop selling' the pill in paragraph 1 and removes reference to 'stopping sale' in paragraph 2)
This is like being angry at a gas station for never selling prescription lenses because they happen to have sunglasses on a rack in the front. Like, yes people buy reading glasses, and the gas station sells other kinds of glasses. But people tend to go to CVS to buy them so the gas station doesn’t want to carry them and, most importantly, never has in the entire history of their company.
Mifepristone is an abortion drug. It's use for birth control is off label.
It's probably not even sales.
It's an off-patent, mass-produced medicine (read: cheap) with multiple uses, not just abortions.
There are a bunch of medicines that are both patented (i.e. expensive) and with way lower demand. In other words: less profitable.
So my reading of this: low demand is an outright lie. They're not carrying on the off-chance the fact they carry it becomes a burden.
They certainly carry plenty of cheap multi-use drugs like aspirin, but I'd expect the sales volume to be a lot higher. I wonder how many infrequently used cheap prescription drugs they carry. Yeah it's unfortunate if they're reacting to political pressure. They do still carry birth control I'm sure.
From what I read elsewhere, they got Plan B. If Mileprostone is an abortion drug, that is a lot less useful than Plan B for casual use. Abortions are the kind of thing that are best monitored by doctors, what with the physical and emotional trauma that comes with it.
All of Costco's new customers this past year suddenly regretting their choices. Fuck you Costco.
They never sold the product.
Why are you being so harsh to a company whose stance hasn't changed?
Is it because you're a right-wing troll trying to sow division among the left, or are you just really, really bad at reading?
Well that’s bad news
Bad news that they never sold it and haven't changed their stance?
Clickbait bullshit.
Whelp, I was literally about to sign up to become a costco member, but fuck that
Title is misleading. They never sold it.