Notice in mail today from our health care provider with a reduction in the cost of a couple of their prescription drugs. This prompted me to start a thread about how we try to control the cost of our drugs and wonder what everyone else does. We have United Health Care's Medicare Advantage Plan which includes coverage at various drug stores with a copay. The copay depends on the drug being purchased. Our plan also provides for a mail in order and we usually order a 90 day supply. This is all helpful, but we lower our costs further by buying certain drugs at WalMart ($6 for ninety day supply), some antibiotic drugs are free at Publix Supermarket, the most expensive drug (Plavix) is purchased through a Canadian pharmacy and they offer the generic that cannot be sold in the States by American pharmacies. As mentioned at the beginning of this thread, our prescription drug plan just reduced two generic drugs to $4 for a 90 day supply. How often does this happen?
The whole intent here is to keep away from the "donut hole", at which point you start paying 100% of the cost. Just wondered if anyone taking a number of prescription drugs has reached the donut hole and if you are doing anything special to reduce your costs?
The whole intent here is to keep away from the "donut hole", at which point you start paying 100% of the cost. Just wondered if anyone taking a number of prescription drugs has reached the donut hole and if you are doing anything special to reduce your costs?