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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SuzzeeeQ2012 wrote:BarbaraOK wrote:
Obviously these are not generic drugs. Is there no generic drugs available for your husband?
Yes, name brand drugs are expensive. And $100/month isn't out of line if the meds keep you living.
How many Part D plans did you check? Walgreens, Wal-Mart, CVS, Costco, etc., all have Part D plans. Some better on some meds, some better on other meds.
Barb
not for Januvia which is over half of the co-pay...
we are going through a person that is helping us find plans in our area...so far 2 have matched....Transunion is the cheapest so far.
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
