Mike-the-Pharmacist

By Michael “Mike-the-Pharmacist” Ilardo RPh Fraud, waste, and abuse is a big problem in health care. Someone ends up footing the bill. Sometimes patients won’t see it, sometimes they will. One example is the drug above – A bottle of #100 costs our Pharmacy $2700. $2700!!! We ordered it because a Doctor wrote for a…Read more

Have you ever had to pay full price for a prescription at a Chain Drug Store? It’s almost as bad as buying something at Kohl’s when it’s not on sale and you don’t have a magic 30% off scratch off coupon and $20 in Kohl’s cash. Many have insurance, but many don’t – and today…Read more

There are a variety of side gigs out there and ways to make extra money. You can start a blog, sell spare organs, deliver pizzas, do Door Dash or GrubHub or if you have an extra $2 million dollars laying around buy a McDonalds. You can buy property or write a best selling novel. You…Read more

I write sports themes at times on a few Facebook groups and I emailed a copy of this article to a FB friend who writes for USA today so I thought I would share it here as you never know if someone may be searching for sports info and this can be a help. I…Read more

by Mike-the-Pharmacist A man asked Jerry Seinfeld for “The Secret.” Meaning, what was the secret to his success? Jerry told him – “It’s easy. You just need to get out a blank calendar with a square for each day and every day write jokes for ONE HOUR. Mark an X on the day you did…Read more

by Mike-the-Pharmacist I love the idea of a side hustle. I recommend a side hustle. I teach how to start a side hustle. If you don’t already have one or five others you are doing, I have one you can partner up with me to do. But I don’t like what I call the Rat…Read more

Time is Money. Money is time. Freedom isn’t free. There are folks with money. But they are working until 4:55 PM the day of their funeral. They are stressed to the max, and trying to out make what their spouse can spend, hoping that an inevitable heart attack can wait until a time they can…Read more

By Mike-the-Pharmacist Starting a new venture can be as dangerous and intimidating as sailing into the deep waters of the unknown. If you attempted to navigate those side-income producing waters or life-changing waters or world-changing waters, you may know how overwhelming the journey can seem. Worse, many folks will make you feel like something is…Read more

By Mike-the-Pharmacist (Michael J. Ilardo RPH) Do you know someone in your family battling an addiction? Do you know someone in your family who died of an overdose? Do you know someone who’s marriage was destroyed, lost their kids to foster care, lost a job, or served time in prison or youth detention due to…Read more

By Michael J. Ilardo AKA Mike-the-Pharmacist I will save you hours of reading. I am a one-trick pony – I know how to write. Need long winded material? That’s me. Need endless rabbit trails? ME. I have been a writer since 1st grade, when I wrote my first political poem – the famous “Ronnie Rap.”…Read more