Re: NASPER BECOMES LAW

some of us have found Medicare Part D plans that work. i pay 0 for
generics, and 30/60 for prefrerred and non preferred before i reach 250.00
(deductable, but not the normal definition of deductable)...then 7 for
generic, 30/60 for the others up to 3600 out of pocket for me and insurance,
then it's 2 for generic and 5% for the others... no limit on monies spent.
it costs me 61 a month for this coverage. and this is Not medic-aid.

the Formulary for this plan covers lots of meds, and if it's not on the
list, you *can* ask for an exemption, or ask that a med be put into a
different pay category so it's more affordable.

this beats the script plan i had with hubbies employer. they had limits on
the meds i take, and it cost way more than 61/mnth, and the co-pays were way
higher. so AFAICT Med-D is gonna be a help finacially around here. now if
i could get my moms script nightmare to end, but she's in NH and they are
just messing with her paperwork <grrrrrr>

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lynn
<Hawki63@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>
> "LooseCannon" <lambchop.LC@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
<snip>> >>>Oh, and I have a friend I met at the pain doc's office, and she
gets
> >>>actiq. Shes on the new Medicare rx plan and got on one as of 1/1 that
> >>>covers actiq at $3/mo copy. No kidding. She got Oxycontin, Actiq and
1
> >>>or 2 other meds, all for $11 in copays. Imagine that!
> >>>(I can get the name if anyones intereted)
>
>
> then your friend is on a Medicaid program...which was folded into the
> Medicare program..
>
> the copays you quote are NOT part of the Medicare Part D for any folks I
> know
>
> and she must have very little assets to qualify for Medicaid...
>
> we don't
>
>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> won't last....as Rosie said...this drug plan will bankrupt the system
> >> very very quickly
> >>
> >> also..your friend is likely on a Medicare "drug plan" that actually is
an
> >> HMO...which many of us are unwilling to do..give up choice of
> >> provider...OR she is on a Medicaid program...which was folded into the
so
> >> called "medicare" drug plan...
> >
> > Nope, no HMO...she would screw herself over to switch to an HMO. I was
a
> > bit surprised about what she found too, but hey, more power to her.
> >
> >>
> >> straight Medicare part D is a laugh...pay monthly premiums of about $32
a
> >> month..yearly deductible of $250....75% pay (not one or three dollar
> >> copay..but you pay 25% of the cost of the meds)...up to a yearly max of
> >> $1500...then NOTHING til out of pocket drug costs exceed
$5000.....folks
> >> taking 10 drugs ...or transplant receipients...MAY benefit...but my
> >> spouse surely won't...
> >
> > Yikes.
> >
> >>
> >>
>


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