Pharmacy Practice News Feature

We’re proud to share that Pharmacy of Grace was recently featured in Pharmacy Practice News. Their story starts with our first ever patient: Rubi left the emergency room with a blood glucose level of 600 mg/dL. She’d been prescribed seven or eight medications. She could afford exactly one. That’s not a rare story. It’s what our team sees day after day. And it’s why Pharmacy of Grace exists.

Hope Makes a Difference

Through donated medications and community support, Pharmacy of Grace was able to supply Rubi’s full medication regimen. Retail cost: approximately $3,800. Her cost: $26.

Insurance Doesn’t Always Mean Access

One of the most important things we want people to understand is that having insurance doesn’t guarantee access to affordable medications. As our co-founder John Yost put it: “Someone who has insurance, walks in, and their copay is $250 and they can’t pay it — might as well be uninsured.” This is the underinsured crisis that doesn’t get talked about enough, and it’s a population we designed our model to serve.

More Than a Pharmacy

What sets Pharmacy of Grace apart isn’t just access to medication. It’s education. Every patient, every time, is offered counseling. When a newly diagnosed patient walks in overwhelmed and scared, we don’t just hand them a bag of medications. We sit down with them. We make sure they leave understanding what they’re taking and why it matters.

Proven Impact. Better Outcomes.

Since opening in July 2022, Pharmacy of Grace has filled more than 62,000 prescriptions. We have a remarkable 94–96% prescription pickup rate that far exceeds national averages. As John Yost said in the article: “That means they’re not in the hospital, they’re not in an emergency department.”

Removing Barriers. Improving Lives.

Our model is built around removing every possible obstacle between a patient and their medication. Sliding-scale pricing from $2.50–$7.50 per medication based on income. Price matching to ensure we’re always the most affordable option. Transportation access through our partnership with WyCo Health Link. Plus multilingual support: Spanish-speaking staff and virtual interpreter services for dozens of other languages, because language should never be a barrier to good health.

Growing to Meet the Need

We are so excited about our second location coming soon in Shawnee, Kansas. Our goal has always been simple: keep patients under one pharmacy, with one trusted team that knows their full medication history and is invested in their health.

We are deeply grateful to Pharmacy Practice News for telling this story so thoughtfully — and to every patient, donor, partner, and supporter who makes this work possible.

Read the full article here.