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22. The amount you have to pay may be different for different pharmacies on Humana's list.
Mon Mar 3, 2014, 07:02 PM
Mar 2014

I dug this up last night at Humana's website, while trying to help my mom: “If a retail pharmacy agrees to accept the mail-order reimbursement rate for an extended supply of medications, you should have no out-of-pocket payment differences. If a retail pharmacy doesn't agree to accept the mail-order reimbursement rate but has accepted an alternative retail/mail-order pharmacy rate for an extended supply of medications, you will have to pay for any difference in charge.”

A way to find drug coverage info is to go to the Humana website and click the link for “Pharmacy Services”. That takes you to https://www.humana.com/individual-and-family/pharmacy/. Then choose the Medicare pull-down menu (scroll over the word “Medicare” and the letters turn purple and a bunch of sub-options come up), and Pharmacy Services (leftmost column; under “Products and Services”), which takes you to https://www.humana.com/medicare/pharmacy/, then “Rx tools”, then “Search drug lists”. That puts you at https://www.humana.com/medicare/pharmacy/tools/medicare-drug-list/. “Drug List Search” will take you to http://apps.humana.com/UnsecuredDrugListSearch/Search.aspx. You then have to enter your Humana Plan ID or Formulary number, which should be on your Humana card. There's also a Drug Pricing Tool, which will give you an estimate of how much they charge for a drug at different pharmacies on your plan.

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Medicare IS great for many things. elleng Mar 2014 #1
after so many years of having great DesertFlower Mar 2014 #2
I understand, and sympathize. elleng Mar 2014 #5
Different plans pay differently. madamesilverspurs Mar 2014 #3
My Part D is $42 a month. DURHAM D Mar 2014 #4
Medicare by LBJ is good in spite of all the holes shot into it by the Republicans. Cleita Mar 2014 #6
Each Medicare Part D plan is different, and the amount of research you have to put in to figure out enough Mar 2014 #7
My Medicare Advantage plan calls for a $15 co-pay for a thirty day supply doc03 Mar 2014 #8
Go to www.medicare.gov... IphengeniaBlumgarten Mar 2014 #9
thanks. i'll check it out. DesertFlower Mar 2014 #11
It may be something you need to work with your Doctor and Insurance company on. Sometimes okaawhatever Mar 2014 #12
One other thing. You may want to check prices at the local Costco. I find that they're almost half okaawhatever Mar 2014 #13
With my plan D I get a lot of pres. free and pay a couple dollars for all the others. Auntie Bush Mar 2014 #10
What plan do you have? SoCalDem Mar 2014 #15
I have my plan D from Bankers Life and Casuality Auntie Bush Mar 2014 #17
Thanks.. please PM me the info.. This sounds like something we would like SoCalDem Mar 2014 #18
I sent you a long PM with addresses, phone numbers and web address...did you get it? Auntie Bush Mar 2014 #20
Got it.. Thanks n/t SoCalDem Mar 2014 #21
I think all the plans have around $320 per year deductible. You will pay a copay anyway. LiberalArkie Mar 2014 #14
I've never had a deductible. hedda_foil Mar 2014 #16
Feel free to pay the full $225. WinkyDink Mar 2014 #19
The amount you have to pay may be different for different pharmacies on Humana's list. winter is coming Mar 2014 #22
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