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5. Not entirely. Medicare pays half of the brand name

Reply to No Vested Interest (Reply #2)

Tue Jun 17, 2014, 09:44 PM

Jun 2014

but you still have to pay for your half and some of the brand name, like the asthma symbicort are expensive. Still, ever since we started with Medicare, several brand names got the generic equivalent so we are paying less.

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$220,000 medical expenses after retirement? [View all] question everything Jun 2014 OP

Fingers crossed here too, elleng Jun 2014 #1

Is the "donut hole" not eliminated with the ACA? nt No Vested Interest Jun 2014 #2

Not entirely. Medicare pays half of the brand name question everything Jun 2014 #5

I understand that you have to pay half the cost of branded meds, No Vested Interest Jun 2014 #7

Seems like it varies with the insurance plan question everything Jun 2014 #8

Don't forget your co-pays. sinkingfeeling Jun 2014 #3

Yes, I know. I include it question everything Jun 2014 #6

Long term care insurance is sort of an extra, IMO. No Vested Interest Jun 2014 #4

I find those numbers to be astonishingly high. SheilaT Jun 2014 #9