Hello, Well I will have Medicare come January which makes it possible for my hubby to retire then, whoppie! Then we can put the house on the market and get this FT plan on the road.
I am researching Drug plans and my question is what to make sure a plan has so I can get my Rx drugs on the road. We are thinking of just picking them up at a Walmart, Walgreens etc rather than having them mailed to our SD legal address and then sent to us. What does a plan need to state to be able to pick up RX at any city in that national chain?
Do you do your RX scripts that way or what? I of course want to get the best rate but still be sure to get my meds as I take 7-9 of them a day (sarcoidosis and RA are the main chronic dx) and cannot miss them.
Thanks much.
Lucky Mike said
10:09 PM Oct 30, 2013
I use walgreens and have no problems at all anywhere.........never tried walmart some have had problems and it just didnt seem worth the change over to me....
any Walgreens that ever had a problem with my scripts took care of the problem and me very quickly!!!!
2 KOZs said
10:39 PM Oct 30, 2013
Thanks Lucky Mike, Does your plan say nationwide availability? Can you tell me the name of the plan you have - Humana or Cigna or AARP etc?
cherylbrv said
10:44 PM Oct 30, 2013
I don't have Medicare yet; my private plan is with United Healthcare. To get the drug discounts, we need to use CVS, but I think the nationwide ability is from CVS, not the health plan.
Lucky Mike said
10:54 PM Oct 30, 2013
Sorry......I dont carry a plan I pay as I fly and carry a perscription plan discount thru walgreens.....I do know that the scripts are honored nationally ......I asked before I transferred my scripts to them if it would cause a problem and they told me that the scripts are on there national data base and billed thru the chain store you claim as your home base.
I keep my home base in the town that my Doctors practice so there is no questions
PIEERE said
01:41 AM Oct 31, 2013
Use to get them from Walmart and called to have them transferred. Now I use the VA healthcare system! Not much help. I have seen discounts on prescriptions by doing a web search. The only problem with that is third party advertisers flood your emails. PIEERE
2 KOZs said
02:14 AM Oct 31, 2013
Thanks to you guys but I am looking to get a Medicare D plan and want to make sure it allows me to get my scripts at any location of a chain like any Walgreens. But to have that chain be covered by my Medicare D plan.
But I will check into what it would cost me to use Walgreen's discount plan instead. What I am looking at now would be $12.60 a month premium with a deductible of $310. Then you pay a co insurance dependent on the level of the drug. Small co pay of $3 to $12 every 90 days.
Not A Clue said
07:02 PM Nov 1, 2013
In California, Walgreens advertises excepting Part D from Medicare. You might want to call them.
dewwood said
09:50 PM Nov 1, 2013
I have a Part D plan through Aetna administered by CVS which can be filled anywhere there is a CVS. I used the Medicare website to do a search for the best plan for me based on the drugs I use. It came up with this plan as the least expensive cost per year. My wife uses a different plan from Humana because she does not take any maintenance drugs and that plan was cheaper for her unless she has some serious issues requiring increased prescriptions.
I believe I can even use a different supplier if I could not find a CVS but it would cost more.
Hello, Well I will have Medicare come January which makes it possible for my hubby to retire then, whoppie! Then we can put the house on the market and get this FT plan on the road.
I am researching Drug plans and my question is what to make sure a plan has so I can get my Rx drugs on the road. We are thinking of just picking them up at a Walmart, Walgreens etc rather than having them mailed to our SD legal address and then sent to us. What does a plan need to state to be able to pick up RX at any city in that national chain?
Do you do your RX scripts that way or what? I of course want to get the best rate but still be sure to get my meds as I take 7-9 of them a day (sarcoidosis and RA are the main chronic dx) and cannot miss them.
Thanks much.
any Walgreens that ever had a problem with my scripts took care of the problem and me very quickly!!!!
Thanks Lucky Mike, Does your plan say nationwide availability? Can you tell me the name of the plan you have - Humana or Cigna or AARP etc?
I keep my home base in the town that my Doctors practice so there is no questions
But I will check into what it would cost me to use Walgreen's discount plan instead. What I am looking at now would be $12.60 a month premium with a deductible of $310. Then you pay a co insurance dependent on the level of the drug. Small co pay of $3 to $12 every 90 days.
I believe I can even use a different supplier if I could not find a CVS but it would cost more.