My insurance company requires that I order "maintenance" medications via mail. So I did. How much did I save? Not a dime. In fact, I'm out almost $200! All scripts have a $90 co-pay. My doctor wrote the Rx for 30 pills with 3 refills. So, they sent 30 pills for $90. When I called to inquire about this insanity, the representative assured me that if "he* had written the Rx for 90 pills with 0 refills", it would also have cost me $90. Because, as she explained:
"That's how a co-pay works, Ma'am."
So I called CVS to inquire about their price structure. The same 30 pills would have cost me $25.
$270 via mail vs. $75 CVS. Insane, right? Blurg.
Dear Sweet Baby Jesus, thank you for health insurance (appendicitis, anyone?), a good job, and another opportunity to be grateful for it all. Amen.
*My doctor is a woman, you sexist ape.
Ahh the pleasant state of gender equality where women call other women sexist apes!..."Because, as SHE explained:"That's how a co-pay works, Ma'am."
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