Re: part D drug plan question

[SheltieLover]

Does anyone know if our prices will fluctuate due to tarrifs?

Tyia!

[cbabe]

1. It depends: what medication, where is it made, where is it shipped from?

Contact your pharmacy. And your doctor. And your insurance provider.

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[SheltieLover]

2. So the cost I signed on to receuve can change?

[cbabe]

3. I don't know. Everything is changing so fast. Follow up with everyone the best you can.

[SheltieLover]

4. Ty

I just spoke to pharmacy. No clue. To be expected here in the intellectual desert of Memphis.

[MacKasey]

5. If you are talking about the monthly plan amount

That doesn't change until the end of the year

The amount of the co-pays can change

[SheltieLover]

6. Ty

That is riduculous! People choose plans based on the cost of their meds.

Ty again!

[MacKasey]

7. I am only on blood pressure and a statin

Over the years I have noticed slight variations in prices sometimes up a couple of dollars and sometimes down from quarterly prescriptions.

[Wonder Why]

14. Count yourself lucky. My wife is on Eliqui$. That alone is a problem. But I'll keep her anyway. I

can't afford to change now and, besides, her parents are dead so I can't sue them or ask for my bribe to her father back. Besides, after nearly 53 years, I've grown accustomed to her.

[ShazzieB]

16. LOL

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[Lulu KC]

8. I had some change on me in December

I was surprised by that. I had sent in the change in provider for 2025 and the old provider suddenly, coincidentally (?) started raising my prices before I'd even left. I don't think it had ever happened before.

Honestly, I'm often finding that the GoodRx prices are lower than my Plan D prices, even if they're on the formulary. I just keep Plan D in case some new problem comes up and I need God-knows-what.

It is hard to keep up. As a dear friend said to me, "Why couldn't they put us on Medicare when we're 40 and we could still figure it all out?" We laughed very hard, but honestly, I don't think it would have made more sense when I was 40.

[SheltieLover]

9. Ty

I thought I was entering into a one-year contract.

[Lulu KC]

10. And the weird part is--

there was no announcement or anything. It came out of nowhere, and it was back when Joe was still here.

I think they found a loophole to offset the $2000 max limit. They also suddenly didn't have something on the formulary that had been! That was terrible! But again, with GoodRx I was okay. Still, it affects my copay for the year. I will end up spending more than 2000 total on my meds, possibly, because if they remove things from the formulary mid-year, it only makes sense to use a coupon elsewhere. So complicated.

[SheltieLover]

11. Walgreens has a discount card that is way better than Good Rx in my experience

I will be talking to my friend who is a Walgreens pharmacy mgr later today. I'll try to remember to post here with the link.

I was taking Chantix generic, very expensive. CVS was the cheapest at $86/mo, then it went way up, like to $120/mo, but with the Walgreens discount card (even at CVS!), I got 2 mos for $115 totay. So significant savings.

[SheltieLover]

12. I think this might be it

https://walgreens.rxsense.com/

Finds coupons, which is what I used at CVS.

[SheltieLover]

13. another good drug coupon finder (similar to good Rx)

https://www.wellrx.com/prescriptions/

[IcyPeas]

15. Ugghh ... Anything he can get his little fingers into.

Hadn't even thought about this.

Thanks