the cost of medicine...

OMGoodness...this incident happened this morning, here it is 7:30 at night and I am still thinking about this...

went to the local drugstore (will not list particulars for this story) to get Zoe's monthly asthma meds and there was one girl ahead of me...
the conversation went something like this between her and the guy behind the counter...

him: ok, OMGosh this medicine is....
her: um you don't have to tell me how much it is...I know it is expensive...I have insurance and I just wish the carrier would get it together...this happens every single month and it is getting old...I was tired of the hassles they were giving me and so I paid for a year in advance and I am getting worse hassles...now, they have even sent me a refund check...I do not know what is going on but he needs his meds and....(she sort of trailed off at this point) and looked like she was going to cry...
him: that will be 875.00 please...

me: thinking I must have heard him incorrectly and am trying to pick my jaw up off the floor...

and then wouldn't you know that her credit card would not go thru...poor poor girl I felt so sorry for her...tried smiling at her and she was too upset as she said she would be right back...

now me, thinking I still had heard him wrong happened to look at the register and the amount was still lit up ($875 freaking dollars...REALLY????)

WHAT IN THE HECK IS WRONG WITH THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY HERE??? how in the heck can she pay that much money every single month???