Telly
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When using the Medicare 2020 Part D drug plan finder, and entering drugs, I have an issue.
I do not take any prescription meds, but did want to see what the plans looked like if I put in the ShingRx vaccine, which is covered under Part D.
I expected to be able to enter ShingRx 1 time every 6 months, or twice annually, either would have sufficed for the 2-shot sequence of ShingRx.
But no. The plan finder drug input area for each drug "taken", makes you choose quantity and frequency. And the frequency choices are 1 month, 2 months, or 3 months. No six month or annually.
I could choose the longest "frequency" they have available (every 3 months), and one item in that period, but that creates a 4 times in one year setup, which gives much higher prices, of course. And muddies the water greatly, with me then trying to divine the actual insurance to me price per-shot, to try to figure out what it looks like with the info they give me. And I don't have great confidence in what I come up with!
I'm pretty sure that I looked at this in spring of this year, on the 2019 plan finder, and could do it, that a longer period was available that would work. But not the 2020 finder. I input my comments about this, FWIW, a few days ago on their feedback mechanism.
Any thoughts?
I do not take any prescription meds, but did want to see what the plans looked like if I put in the ShingRx vaccine, which is covered under Part D.
I expected to be able to enter ShingRx 1 time every 6 months, or twice annually, either would have sufficed for the 2-shot sequence of ShingRx.
But no. The plan finder drug input area for each drug "taken", makes you choose quantity and frequency. And the frequency choices are 1 month, 2 months, or 3 months. No six month or annually.
I could choose the longest "frequency" they have available (every 3 months), and one item in that period, but that creates a 4 times in one year setup, which gives much higher prices, of course. And muddies the water greatly, with me then trying to divine the actual insurance to me price per-shot, to try to figure out what it looks like with the info they give me. And I don't have great confidence in what I come up with!
I'm pretty sure that I looked at this in spring of this year, on the 2019 plan finder, and could do it, that a longer period was available that would work. But not the 2020 finder. I input my comments about this, FWIW, a few days ago on their feedback mechanism.
Any thoughts?