A hideous example of the state of 'health care' in AmeriKa (GOD DAMN this shit)

[mrmpa]

43. Maybe this will help (for costs)

I understand what you are going through. My 83 year old mother lives with me. Her income allows her to be covered by the State, in PA it's called Pace (very low income) and Pace-Net (moderate income). My mom gets pace-net, but it is a bear to maneuver through. You can only get prescriptions for 30 days and she has to pay about $20 a month for the pace-net (considered insurance coverage).

She was budgeting about $100 a month for prescriptions. But I went through every prescription, found the costs for each, and the pharmacies that had these medications (generic) for $10 for a 3 month supply. I was finally able to get her to budget $100 every 3 month versus monthly, for a savings of $800 a year. Some of the prescriptions she has have gone up in cost but, I will not allow her to use her Pace-Net because they will tack on the $20 for each month prior to the prescription being filled For example, if she used Pace-Net for the first time this month, they would charge her for January through June + July.

I personally am uninsured and on 7 prescriptions. I go to Costco because I find them to be the cheapest for me.

Below is a link to Costco's drug prices.


http://www2.costco.com/Pharmacy/DrugInformation.aspx?p=1