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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-11 05:19 PM Original message |
Fuck insurance companies. Just FINALLY got the mail-order for one of my pills and the cost tripled. |
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Pharaoh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-11 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
1. Those morons that say |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-11 05:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. No shit. I've got a pharmacy within WALKING DISTANCE. Same insurance company, 3 times the cost now |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-11 05:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Yet...they won't ALLOW us to get our drugs from Canada |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-11 05:48 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. These shipped from Atlanta. My pharmacy is less than half a mile away and has the same drugs. |
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Pharaoh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-11 06:46 PM Response to Reply #17 |
34. I mail order drugs from canada |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-11 05:49 PM Response to Reply #5 |
18. But how will rich people get richer? That's, after all, the most important thing |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-11 05:53 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Oh, right - I forgot about that. Yeah, they need those yachts. |
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HysteryDiagnosis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-11 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
2. Did you know that a book exists that offers a person hundreds if not thousands of |
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Riftaxe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-11 05:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Oh really now? just to make sure it's not quackery |
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HysteryDiagnosis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-11 05:32 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. You know I can't do that, however I can start a new thread and put up a list of things |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-11 06:10 PM Response to Reply #6 |
28. Well as for blood pressure, I can say that 85% cocoa bars will lower it. |
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emcguffie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-11 03:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
52. Unfortunately, that's not the case. |
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sgsmith (305 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-11 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
3. Could you have gotten a 90 day vs 30 supply |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-11 05:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. i hope that's what it is. |
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gkhouston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-11 05:36 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Typically, with a 90-day supply, you get 3 months for the price of 2. |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-11 05:46 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. that's how it was with aetna., |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-11 11:10 AM Response to Reply #13 |
50. same drug. |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-11 05:33 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. I was thinking the same thing. Our insurance now makes us get 90 days worth. nt |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-11 05:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
19. It WAS a 90 day supply - that's all they allow. |
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lynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-11 09:10 AM Response to Reply #19 |
44. So, the actual price didn't go up and your policy isn't paying less - |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-11 09:18 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. No - the price tripled. I adjusted for the 3-month supply. |
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lynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-11 10:04 AM Response to Reply #45 |
48. So, either your co-pay increased or the price of the drug increased - |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-11 10:14 AM Response to Reply #48 |
49. It's the generic - the co-pay increased. And there aren't a lot of alternatives without worse.... |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-11 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
4. Which insurance company is it? |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-11 05:50 PM Response to Reply #4 |
20. Fucking CIGNA. |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-11 06:18 PM Response to Reply #20 |
30. No way you can afford even generic out of pocket??? |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-11 05:51 PM Response to Reply #4 |
21. They're all the same. They should all consolidate under the MakeRichPeopleRicher For-Profit Ins Co. |
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Melinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-11 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
9. Do you qualify for low cost assistance? Check out this link: |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-11 08:57 AM Response to Reply #9 |
42. Thank you for posting that information Melinda. I hope DU'ers take note. |
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Melinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-11 06:14 PM Response to Reply #42 |
53. You're very welcome Kitty...it's always a pleasure to share resource info on DU. eom. |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-11 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
12. If Cigna would stop wasting the money they use sending me letters about mail order prescriptions |
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MikeW (554 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-11 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
14. odd |
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Doremus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-11 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
15. Same damn thing with us. |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-11 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
23. Tell them you don't have a mailbox. |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-11 06:00 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. It wasn't USPS. You can't legally put a delivery in a mailbox unless you're a USPS worker. |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-11 06:30 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. Tell them you don't have an address. |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-11 07:49 AM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Ooh, I LIKE that idea! |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-11 08:40 AM Response to Reply #36 |
40. They might say to have them send it to a post office but thats when you can tell them you |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-11 09:02 AM Response to Reply #40 |
43. I could tell them I live in the post office dumpster. |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-11 09:43 AM Response to Reply #43 |
47. No. Better to tell them there are no dumpsters in your town. |
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abelenkpe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-11 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
24. Hey same here |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-11 06:02 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Thanks, but as for "feeling better", the drugs don't affect that much - but my blood pressure is up. |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-11 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
27. Strange. I do mail order |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-11 06:11 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. I'm happy for you because of that. I'm getting fucked. |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-11 06:27 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. How is my deal fucking you? |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-11 07:55 AM Response to Reply #31 |
37. It's hard to read, but that's a period, not a comma. Read on... |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-11 07:01 PM Response to Reply #27 |
35. It depends on the plan. Sometimes there is no break and people are forced to come up with |
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mysuzuki2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-11 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
33. I'm lucky. I just got put on BP med - generic lisinopril - and |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-11 08:02 AM Response to Original message |
38. It's a great country, innit? |
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lynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-11 08:37 AM Response to Original message |
39. Is the policy paying less or did the cost of the drug go up? |
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zacherystaylor (97 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-11 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
41. Patents cause price gouging |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-11 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
46. Another Story For You |
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emcguffie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-11 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
51. That does seem odd, like something's wrong. |
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