Medications you will be taking long after retiring (supplement, friend, drugs)
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I just found out the diabetes medicine I am taking is not covered by Medicaid. The market price for 3-month prescription ranges between $2,150--2,400 as quoted by Walgreen, CVS and Safeway.
I just found out the diabetes medicine I am taking is not covered by Medicaid. The market price for 3-month prescription ranges between $2,150--2,400 as quoted by Walgreen, CVS and Safeway.
Look into online US pharmacies or buying through an online Canadian pharmacy. Buying through your neighborhood pharmacy is not always the best value, even when using your insurance. When checking the prices of my various prescription drugs for next year on my Medicare Advantage plan, I was dismayed to discover that one of my prescription drugs jumped from $16/30 pills to $109/30 pills! There was no logical explanation for it. The drug is a 50 year old generic antihistamine, very safe and effective (though rarely used because of its age) and has always been dirt cheap. So I asked the insurance company what to do. The representative suggested I bypass using my insurance "benefits" completely and just pay for the drug out of pocket at the pharmacy.
So I called the pharmacy and asked about the out of pocket price. The pharmacist told me the cash price would be $18/30 pills. So I went one step further and checked with the online pharmacy I use occasionally (HealthWarehouse in Ohio). They were far cheaper than that even! 120 pills would cost me $12.00 Maybe that will help you too.
Sure there are plenty of people who will discuss health issues and are "sympathetic". In my experience most of them are looking for an excuse to unload their medical stories and health concerns.
Instead, I look for people who, regardless of physical issues, are doing interesting things, learning and making achievements in life. I would rather discuss those and avoid the people who have little else to say beyond their complaints.
Yes...by that I mean that people who are healthy tend to not have a lot of sympathy toward the unhealthy so if you have health issues don't pick a healthy person to share with!
Look into online US pharmacies or buying through an online Canadian pharmacy. Buying through your neighborhood pharmacy is not always the best value, even when using your insurance. When checking the prices of my various prescription drugs for next year on my Medicare Advantage plan, I was dismayed to discover that one of my prescription drugs jumped from $16/30 pills to $109/30 pills! There was no logical explanation for it. The drug is a 50 year old generic antihistamine, very safe and effective (though rarely used because of its age) and has always been dirt cheap. So I asked the insurance company what to do. The representative suggested I bypass using my insurance "benefits" completely and just pay for the drug out of pocket at the pharmacy.
So I called the pharmacy and asked about the out of pocket price. The pharmacist told me the cash price would be $18/30 pills. So I went one step further and checked with the online pharmacy I use occasionally (HealthWarehouse in Ohio). They were far cheaper than that even! 120 pills would cost me $12.00 Maybe that will help you too.
Thanks. I am still three years from enrolling in Medicaid. It seems their drug plan is quite restrictive.
At age 69, I take no meds. At age 67, my wife takes no meds. It's not because we never go to the doctor. We do when we need to, but otherwise stay away.
There are many older adults who are obese, who smoke, drink, have a history of recreational drug use, and who choose not to eat even half sensibly, or to get any exercise at all. They are up late at night, sleep poorly, spend the day in front of the TV and run to some doctor when they get a hangnail. They don't say who they are and I'm not asking. It's their choice.
Those of us who live cleanly and have no history of obesity, smoking, or excessive alcohol or drug abuse, don't usually need any/many meds.
Another thing that stymies me, is all the psychtropic drugs people are on. Anxiety, nervousness, boredom, depression, whatever it is, they take whatever some doc or psyche-type prescribes, and just take it for life.
Periodically, anyone on meds should get together with their doc and go over every prescription, and honestly evaluate whether it is still needed. Chances are, the doc won't want to change anything, unless substituting one drug for another.
The idea that you are not on your meds for life, is apparently a novel concept to them.
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I just found out the diabetes medicine I am taking is not covered by Medicaid. The market price for 3-month prescription ranges between $2,150--2,400 as quoted by Walgreen, CVS and Safeway.
Try pricing it from a Canadian pharmacy. We use one (Northwest Pharmacy) for an expensive drug my husband takes, which is not available in generic in this country, but is in other countries.
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Maybe that will help you too.
