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10-24-2021, 12:59 PM
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Location: NYC
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Advice needed....
I turn 65 in February.....
My wife still works and I am under her companies medical plan....
She pays $600/month for medical.....
My Medicare fee will be $148/month .....
Some notes:
My Primary will still be the same Dr as I have now....
My dentist does not take Medicare ...I see him 2x a year
I have a medicine that will cost $5200/year (ADVAIR genetic) under Medicare..
It sounds to me that I should stay under her plan
Thoughts/suggestions ?
Thxs
Mike
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10-24-2021, 01:06 PM
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Just another Facist
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Now in Houston
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Check Advair prices in Canada
My MILaw found it for about 66% off a few years ago. She gets it via mail
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10-24-2021, 02:35 PM
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Location: NYC
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JustRalph
Check Advair prices in Canada
My MILaw found it for about 66% off a few years ago. She gets it via mail
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thank you
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10-24-2021, 02:39 PM
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The Voice of Reason!
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Get a 3 month supply and they throw in a six of Labatts.
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10-24-2021, 03:23 PM
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Medicare refused to pay for my lancets, needle to check my blood sugar, after over a year of using them. The pharmacy said they are refusing to pay and I should just use a knife or something to prick my finger. Weird thing is, they paid their portion for the strips to take my blood.
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10-24-2021, 04:07 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by oughtoh
The pharmacy said they are refusing to pay and I should just use a knife or something to prick my finger.
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Wow just wow
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10-24-2021, 04:14 PM
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Just another Facist
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Now in Houston
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Quote:
Originally Posted by oughtoh
Medicare refused to pay for my lancets, needle to check my blood sugar, after over a year of using them. The pharmacy said they are refusing to pay and I should just use a knife or something to prick my finger. Weird thing is, they paid their portion for the strips to take my blood.
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It’s a damn rip-off what they charge for those things.
I was recently diagnosed but very rarely have to check my blood sugar. I barely qualify as diabetic. But if I eat the wrong stuff I can feel it.
I was shocked what this stuff costs. I do not take insulin. Just a pill. I am determined to stay off insulin. It’s a day to day process.
But if you want an example of pharma taking advantage, diabetic necessities are a perfect example
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10-24-2021, 04:40 PM
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my best advice is to stay healthy and try to stay away from doctors and medications as much as possible.
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10-24-2021, 04:50 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by lamboguy
my best advice is to stay healthy and try to stay away from doctors and medications as much as possible.
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best advice ever.....for a fantasy world
hey Tom....does it come cold?
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10-24-2021, 06:31 PM
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velocitician
Join Date: Aug 2004
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JustRalph
Check Advair prices in Canada
My MILaw found it for about 66% off a few years ago. She gets it via mail
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Very GOOD advice
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10-24-2021, 07:02 PM
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Mike
Look into the medicare advantage plans. They have drug plans with them.
I used to use advair now they have me on trelegy.
I paid $48 a month for advair and same price for trelegy now. When I'm in the socalled donut then it goes to about $156 dollars a month but that's only for a couple months.
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10-24-2021, 08:03 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by don
Mike
Look into the medicare advantage plans. They have drug plans with them.
I used to use advair now they have me on trelegy.
I paid $48 a month for advair and same price for trelegy now. When I'm in the socalled donut then it goes to about $156 dollars a month but that's only for a couple months.
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Thxs Don.....
I did some work with that already......
Right now I'm paying about $500 a year for meds under my wifes work plan.....
there is 2 plans that I have to get mail order all my meds
one is a surprising 0 dollars total...Emblem Health
the other is Humana charging me $524 for the year.....
all the others is $1000 and up....
So if I go MEDICARE plans , I have only 2 choices.....
My wifes Enrollment starts this week.....
I'll keep you guys informed...
Mike
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10-25-2021, 03:12 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Boston+Ocala
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i won't take any drugs but i had an infection in my mouth and the dentist said i needed a z pac and antibiotics. so he asked me where i go for prescriptions, i told him at the CVS near my house. so i go to the CVS to pick up my prescription, the lady in the nice white coat tells me i owe her $117 for those 2 prescriptions after the automatic discount. i looked at her and said you must think i am an idiot. she says wait a minute and she goes back to her computer monitor and comes back with a price of $42 for the same thing she wanted $117 for 2 minutes prior. i told her to hold on, i called the pharmacy at COSTCO and asked them what they charged for those 2 prescriptions, the 7 day supply of IC Amoxillin was $12 and z-pac was another $9. i told the pharmacist and she matched the price. i walked out of the CVS paying less than $25.
most people don't question their pharmacies. on these 2 prescriptions, i doubt if an insurance company gives CVS $5 for both these scripts.
if you have to take Advair or any other drug for that matter, i would shop around and get better deals. i suspect you will be able to buy that in the United States for less than what you would pay online in Canada and be guaranteed that the drug you are taking meets whatever FDA standards there are. --
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10-25-2021, 05:12 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: DC
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Quote:
Originally Posted by geroge.burns99
I turn 65 in February.....
My wife still works and I am under her companies medical plan....
She pays $600/month for medical.....
My Medicare fee will be $148/month .....
Some notes:
My Primary will still be the same Dr as I have now....
My dentist does not take Medicare ...I see him 2x a year
I have a medicine that will cost $5200/year (ADVAIR genetic) under Medicare..
It sounds to me that I should stay under her plan
Thoughts/suggestions ?
Thxs
Mike
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I assume that you are talking about part B. If so, the premium increases every year you do not sign up. You should consider this, particulalry if your wife's plan does not provide coverage for retirees.
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10-25-2021, 06:54 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2010
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JustRalph
Check Advair prices in Canada
My MILaw found it for about 66% off a few years ago. She gets it via mail
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I worked in Nogales, Az, and Nogales,Mx over a two year period. A lot of the Arizona residents went to buy their prescription drugs down in Mx for huge savings. A co-worker stopped to pick up his wife's Insulin, and a couple of other prescriptions before crossing back into the states. I went into the Nogales, Mx drug store with him, and it was spotless, very upscale.
Same thing for booze. I believe they only allowed two bottles.
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