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lillypaddle

(9,580 posts)
9. I checked on two of my many prescriptions
Fri Nov 18, 2016, 03:51 PM
Nov 2016

Symbicort was $297.94 for one month. With my Rx plan, I pay nothing for a 90 day supply.
Hydroxyzine was $66.32 for one month. With my Rx plan, I pay nothing for a 90 day supply.

The only time I run into a problem is when I am in the donut hole which happened this year in September. Yikes! However, My doctor gave samples for symbicort to get me through the rest of the year until I can start over again.

Under the ACA, the amount to the donut hole has expanded a little each year. I wonder what, if anything, will change when they start fucking with it.

Cost of Senior Living [View all] Yonnie3 Nov 2016 OP
Oh, yeah... TreasonousBastard Nov 2016 #1
Social Security is my only income lillypaddle Nov 2016 #2
I found a way to cut 90% off my prescription costs. dixiegrrrrl Nov 2016 #7
thanks for the info lillypaddle Nov 2016 #8
I checked on two of my many prescriptions lillypaddle Nov 2016 #9
The discount sites are not much help with non-generics dixiegrrrrl Nov 2016 #10
Listen, I appreciate your info lillypaddle Nov 2016 #11
GoodRX is amazing! RealityChik Dec 2016 #17
Who is behind GoodRX, i.e., who is paying for the drugs? No Vested Interest Feb 2017 #21
I will check into this Sherman A1 Dec 2016 #19
I can only commiserate. I am drawing my SS, but I continue to work because Hoyt Nov 2016 #3
I'm not in an Advantage plan Yonnie3 Nov 2016 #5
Have you gone to MyMedicare.gov to see Part D plans for '17? alfie Nov 2016 #4
No, I have not. Thanks for the suggestion. Yonnie3 Nov 2016 #6
Though Medicare is good for seniors it does not cover everything. Thinkingabout Nov 2016 #12
Some conflate Medicare with Medicaid, Yonnie3 Nov 2016 #13
If your income is low enough TexasBushwhacker Feb 2017 #20
As I understand it, one can have no more than $1500 in assets if going on Medicaid. No Vested Interest Feb 2017 #22
It's something like that, but I don't believe they count TexasBushwhacker Feb 2017 #23
I wake up at night worrying about if we'll outlive our savings. trof Nov 2016 #14
You are one of many. Yonnie3 Nov 2016 #15
It got worse Yonnie3 Nov 2016 #16
I am horrified to see how many have only SS for income. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2016 #18
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