Health – the regular insurance companies aren’t Socialist! They’re good old-fashioned free-market capitalists. They’re bugging you about getting generics because that way they have to pay out less and get to make more profit.
Of course that aggravates the drug companies because then _they’re_ the ones losing the profits.
And you’re actually better off. A lot of the newer drugs still in patent were never tested properly and have more side effects. Look at Avandia, which not only doesn’t control diabetes better than the older, cheaper stuff, but actually kills people itself. When in doubt, go with the generic. It’s been on the market longer, and if it’s killing people the survivors have had more time to sue and get it taken off. (That’s not a joke.)
We should all live and be well and never need any drugs – brand name or generic.