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Showing Original Post only (View all)Well, I finally got to pay $665 for a month's supply of a drug. [View all]
It was, to say the least, interesting.
I can afford it; it hurts a little but it won't break me. I have an annual deductible of $2100. It looks like I'll get there quickly.
What troubles me, of course, that I know there are oodles of people who cannot afford this, who will do without. It is unjust to say the least.
Like everyone else in America, I'm paying considerably more for health care so the orange pedophile can finance his gestapo and make awful beings like Musk and Bezos and Zuckerberg richer.
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Doesn't help much with some brand-only drugs like Eliquis. And doesn't cover many chemo/immuno drugs.
erronis
20 hrs ago
#20
I'm on a new med that is $1,200/mo. It's made by a South Korean company so I am waiting to see if the price is going
RamblingRose
21 hrs ago
#8
It is till I reach my max. out of pocket for the year. It's also a "controlled" substance so difficult to fill.
RamblingRose
20 hrs ago
#17
I think it's 2039! On a side note - I'll be a "patient panelist" at their National Sales Conference in Orlando next week
RamblingRose
17 hrs ago
#34
Your numbers are off. Are you talking about the Medicare Part A and Part B? And for a 65+ year old?
erronis
19 hrs ago
#21
On top of that, most people on Medicare spent 40 years being taxed for it before they ever became eligible to use it.
MichMan
19 hrs ago
#22
I hear you. Glad you are able to obtain your meds. I'm fortunate, too, but it's bad out there for a lot of people.
Joinfortmill
20 hrs ago
#16
Have you checked to see what it would cost to get your drug from Canada?
radical noodle
20 hrs ago
#18
Just put on a chemo drug at $15,000/month. Needles to say, if I have to pay this, I can't/won't.
erronis
19 hrs ago
#23
I'm curious what the cost would be if you don't put it through your insurance
NoSheep
19 hrs ago
#26
You just go to the website, price check your medication, print the coupon, and take it to the store.
Ms. Toad
10 hrs ago
#43