Medicare...maybe we should have stayed home
well, we're at Lake Pleasant heading in the next week to Quartzsite or maybe Glamis, not sure. hubby is already enrolled in Medicare, turning 65 in December. We got the material before we left. So...
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So metformin no longer worked? What was his A1C running at over the past year? I ask because a lot of people are moved into new, high price drugs when a simple adjustment of their older generic would be just as effective and sure cost a lot less.
That said, when Dave had his stents put in, he was place back on Plavix, and it was then still a proprietary drug and we had to pay a lot each year until it became generic. It was like getting a pay raise when the generic version, Clopidogrel, was released. We are fortunate that all of our medications are generics.
Did you also look at Express Scripts - mail order pharmacies are often cheaper and Express Scripts has a Part D plan. We like having all of our maintenance meds through ES - order once every 3 months (Rx written for 90 days, with 3 refills) and have them sent to where ever we are or to our Escapees address - which ever is easier. Works very well for us.
Barb
his A1C is always around 7.8 or sometimes a bit lower. we can't use mail order on the road so far...it's been a little irritating. They've been mailed to home, then we have to figure out a place for our daughter to mail them to us. We've waited a few places while waiting, and one package never came :( the Dr. did say that he could put him on Tradjenta (no generic there yet either wonder if that's eventually coming) which is a tier 3 drug instead of 4 or 5 like the Januvia...maybe that would help...
a rude awakening awaits all people when they turn 65 if they've had a great plan through their employers. We paid MAYBE .20 per prescription after our deductibles were met each year.
