Primer questions · a quick screen
The first questions clear the fog
A page offers a “personal plan,” but never names the person making the medical decision.
Picture this
Before comparing claims or prices, ask for the people, product, and pharmacy behind the offer. Clear answers make the rest easier.
Who decides?
- What is the clinician’s full name?
- Which California licence do they hold?
- Can I ask that clinician my own follow-up questions?
- What happens if online care is not enough?
What is the product?
- What is the medicine’s ingredient name (the generic name), not just its brand name?
- Is this an FDA-approved product or a compounded medicine?
- If it is made to order, what need does it meet that a ready-made medicine cannot?
- Will the label name the pharmacy that fills it?
Where does it come from?
- What is the pharmacy’s legal name?
- Does the California licence search show it?
- If it is an injection made to order, does the pharmacy hold California’s extra sterile-compounding licence for germ-free medicine?
- Who handles a problem with the shipment or medicine?
California keeps public licence records for clinicians and pharmacies.
Next in the guideTake the longer visit checklist