High price of drugs

[susandennis]

Between the 3 pills I take for high blood pressure and the 1 for high cholesterol, my medication expense is not horrendous - a year's worth is about $800 a year using the online pharmacy that my insurance company provides.  But, we're changing insurance companies and policies and insurance types. 

The old plan had $150 deductible for drugs and I think a 30% copay.  The new plan has no deductible and a zero copay for generics and 20% for brand name.  So, the new plan is going to save me a bit o' cash.  But the new plan does not kick in until February and probably we won't have insurance cards until mid February. 

I have enough of all my pills except one.  I have several options and I have been trying to figure out what is the easiest best thing to do.  This morning I finally got it together to check and see how much that one actually costs.  My out of pocket cash contribution for 90 days worth of this one particular drug?  $2.89.  No kidding.  Seriously.  I ordered 90 days worth.

Sometimes I can make a festuche out of the dumbest things.

We're about done with snow I think.  The parking lot is white but just barely.  It was so nice to watch today - so calming.

I have lots of good Tivo yet to catch up with.  The second episode of Knights of Prosperity did not disappoint.  That show is a keeper.  One thing that does strike me is that it has a theme song.  You never hear that any more.  Two and a Half men has a half or fourth of a theme song but the Knights has a whole verse... It ain't Giligan's Island but it's cute and fun to hear.  I like TV theme songs and miss 'em.

I have a potato baking for dinner - I have sauteed mushrooms and grated cheese and sour cream and butter.  Should be good.

Comments

[jsher.livejournal.com]

There are some instances when paying cash for an Rx is cheaper than using your insurance.

My dad is on an el-cheapo diuretic, and his pharmacy was going to charge him a $45 co pay for a 3 month supply. I told him to ask what the cash price was; it was something like $4-5. Of course, the pharmacist should have told him that the cash price was cheaper...