Walmart’s New Policies on Opioids

As of June 1st, 2018, Walmart will no longer accept any discounts for an opioid prescription. If you don’t have insurance or choose not to use your insurance, you will pay the full retail price for a prescription.

Introduction

Walmart is also enforcing new prescription policies on opioid medications as part of a larger initiative to combat opioid abuse in the United States. In an official statement, Walmart explains two new policies that will affect those trying to fill a prescription opioid. First, Walmart will now limit initial acute opioid prescriptions to a maximum of seven days. Second, starting in 2020, Walmart will also require that all prescriptions for controlled substances be submitted electronically.

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Benita Lee, MPH

Benita Lee, MPH, is director of content and operations at GoodRx and contributes to content strategy and process management across editorial and product initiatives. She is passionate about building collaborative teams and has a deep interest in using research to improve health outcomes in innovative and sustainable ways.

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