Prepay plan

Definition

Paying for three, six or twelve months up front for a lower monthly equivalent. The “as low as” price on most pricing pages is a twelve-month prepay rate. ⚠ Weigh it against STEP-4: this is chronic therapy, so a long commitment is not automatically wrong — but it is a bet on the seller, the pharmacy and the price all still suiting you in month eleven.

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GLP Watchdog writes these definitions from FDA labels and peer-reviewed PubMed literature. Not one of them is an AI-generated summary.

Other terms under Buying and billing

• Billing cycle
• Cash price
• First-month rate
• Anchor price
• Dose-based pricing
• Flat pricing
• Membership fee
• What's included

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