Re: Prescriptions and cost

[Guest guest]

Hi Katy,

The original pharmacy (which I no longer use for ANYTHING) was charging me

over $12.00 for 45 PTU, a months supply for me...I called around to

different pharmacies, asked how much my PTU and different doses of Armour

were without insurance...all were much much lower. I called my pharmacy on

it, they said, " well we only charge you what your insurance company *allows*

us to charge you " I told them they were charging me almost double (on my

Armour 15 mg. it was more than double!) what it sells for in other

pharmacies...they told me to take it up with insurance company...I did, I

raised the devil let me tell you, then I turned it all into our state

Attorney Generals office.

Near as we can figure, this drug store owes us about $300.00 for this

practice of overcharging because the 'insurance company' lets them, for all

the years I have been on replacement hormones. When I was on Synthroid,

they were charging me my $20.00 co-pay when the script I was on sold for 11

dollars and change and they got away with it.

If I were to send in my scripts for Armour 15 mg. (drug store cost without

insurance is $5.95) Armour 30 mg. (cost $7.80) Armour 90 mg (cost $8.95) and

my PTU (cost $8.59) ... that is monthly cost that I currently pay...my

insurance carrier by mail order would charge me $30.00 on each script (our

co-pay doubled from $15.00) for a 3 month supply, well in excess of what I

pay by going to a pharmacy who does not know I carry insurance...so check

around. My doctor was wonderful in writing new scripts that I could take to

this new pharmacy, and she is the one that urged me to contact my attorney

generals office.

In the states, Armour Thyroid and PTU are Cheap without insurance so you may

want to do some calling around and get prices of what yours will cost per

month without insurance. It is no wonder insurance and prescription costs

are out of this world!

Jody

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[Guest guest]

Hi Katy,

The original pharmacy (which I no longer use for ANYTHING) was charging me

over $12.00 for 45 PTU, a months supply for me...I called around to

different pharmacies, asked how much my PTU and different doses of Armour

were without insurance...all were much much lower. I called my pharmacy on

it, they said, " well we only charge you what your insurance company *allows*

us to charge you " I told them they were charging me almost double (on my

Armour 15 mg. it was more than double!) what it sells for in other

pharmacies...they told me to take it up with insurance company...I did, I

raised the devil let me tell you, then I turned it all into our state

Attorney Generals office.

Near as we can figure, this drug store owes us about $300.00 for this

practice of overcharging because the 'insurance company' lets them, for all

the years I have been on replacement hormones. When I was on Synthroid,

they were charging me my $20.00 co-pay when the script I was on sold for 11

dollars and change and they got away with it.

If I were to send in my scripts for Armour 15 mg. (drug store cost without

insurance is $5.95) Armour 30 mg. (cost $7.80) Armour 90 mg (cost $8.95) and

my PTU (cost $8.59) ... that is monthly cost that I currently pay...my

insurance carrier by mail order would charge me $30.00 on each script (our

co-pay doubled from $15.00) for a 3 month supply, well in excess of what I

pay by going to a pharmacy who does not know I carry insurance...so check

around. My doctor was wonderful in writing new scripts that I could take to

this new pharmacy, and she is the one that urged me to contact my attorney

generals office.

In the states, Armour Thyroid and PTU are Cheap without insurance so you may

want to do some calling around and get prices of what yours will cost per

month without insurance. It is no wonder insurance and prescription costs

are out of this world!

Jody

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[Guest guest]

Hi Katy,

The original pharmacy (which I no longer use for ANYTHING) was charging me

over $12.00 for 45 PTU, a months supply for me...I called around to

different pharmacies, asked how much my PTU and different doses of Armour

were without insurance...all were much much lower. I called my pharmacy on

it, they said, " well we only charge you what your insurance company *allows*

us to charge you " I told them they were charging me almost double (on my

Armour 15 mg. it was more than double!) what it sells for in other

pharmacies...they told me to take it up with insurance company...I did, I

raised the devil let me tell you, then I turned it all into our state

Attorney Generals office.

Near as we can figure, this drug store owes us about $300.00 for this

practice of overcharging because the 'insurance company' lets them, for all

the years I have been on replacement hormones. When I was on Synthroid,

they were charging me my $20.00 co-pay when the script I was on sold for 11

dollars and change and they got away with it.

If I were to send in my scripts for Armour 15 mg. (drug store cost without

insurance is $5.95) Armour 30 mg. (cost $7.80) Armour 90 mg (cost $8.95) and

my PTU (cost $8.59) ... that is monthly cost that I currently pay...my

insurance carrier by mail order would charge me $30.00 on each script (our

co-pay doubled from $15.00) for a 3 month supply, well in excess of what I

pay by going to a pharmacy who does not know I carry insurance...so check

around. My doctor was wonderful in writing new scripts that I could take to

this new pharmacy, and she is the one that urged me to contact my attorney

generals office.

In the states, Armour Thyroid and PTU are Cheap without insurance so you may

want to do some calling around and get prices of what yours will cost per

month without insurance. It is no wonder insurance and prescription costs

are out of this world!

Jody

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[Guest guest]

Normally if you have a co-pay and the cost of the drug is less than the

co-pay, you pay the lesser amount. If that's not happening with your

insurance, you might want to investigate. I don't think it's legal to

charge more than what the drug costs without insurance. I've never had a

problem with this, myself.

Holly

[Guest guest]

Normally if you have a co-pay and the cost of the drug is less than the

co-pay, you pay the lesser amount. If that's not happening with your

insurance, you might want to investigate. I don't think it's legal to

charge more than what the drug costs without insurance. I've never had a

problem with this, myself.

Holly

[Guest guest]

Normally if you have a co-pay and the cost of the drug is less than the

co-pay, you pay the lesser amount. If that's not happening with your

insurance, you might want to investigate. I don't think it's legal to

charge more than what the drug costs without insurance. I've never had a

problem with this, myself.

Holly

[Guest guest]

Hi Holly,

It is not legal for them to charge more, but they do it. And with our

prescription plan through the shop with mailed in prescriptions to

merck-medco, they can get away with it, how I don't know. Others are now

complaining about this also.

Jody

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[Guest guest]

Hi Holly,

It is not legal for them to charge more, but they do it. And with our

prescription plan through the shop with mailed in prescriptions to

merck-medco, they can get away with it, how I don't know. Others are now

complaining about this also.

Jody

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[Guest guest]

Well that stinks. When I was on PTU, my co-pay is $10.00, but I only had to

pay $3 and something for my PTU (60, 50mg. Tablets). I have to pay the full

co-pay for my methimazole, which means it costs at least that much. I have

Humana insurance, and get my prescriptions filled at Kroger. They've never

cheated me that I can tell. So, really, if you're getting charged more than

that for PTU, I think a call to the insurance company is in order!

RE: Re: Prescriptions and cost

Hi Holly,

It is not legal for them to charge more, but they do it. And with our

prescription plan through the shop with mailed in prescriptions to

merck-medco, they can get away with it, how I don't know. Others are now

complaining about this also.

Jody

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[Guest guest]

Well that stinks. When I was on PTU, my co-pay is $10.00, but I only had to

pay $3 and something for my PTU (60, 50mg. Tablets). I have to pay the full

co-pay for my methimazole, which means it costs at least that much. I have

Humana insurance, and get my prescriptions filled at Kroger. They've never

cheated me that I can tell. So, really, if you're getting charged more than

that for PTU, I think a call to the insurance company is in order!

RE: Re: Prescriptions and cost

Hi Holly,

It is not legal for them to charge more, but they do it. And with our

prescription plan through the shop with mailed in prescriptions to

merck-medco, they can get away with it, how I don't know. Others are now

complaining about this also.

Jody

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[Guest guest]

Thanks Holly for the explanation of euthyroid. Now I have another

question... Is PTU normally sold as a 50 mg tablet ? I am not sure

what mine is... it probably is 50 mg. So I am taking 3 tabs. per day

which makes 90 aprox a month. I am paying a co-pay of $15 for each

refill. Does this mean that I am likely paying alot more by paying

the co-pay, and neither the pharmacy or the insurance company have

told me?

Getting annoyed...

Katy. :0(

> Well that stinks. When I was on PTU, my co-pay is $10.00, but I

only had to

> pay $3 and something for my PTU (60, 50mg. Tablets). I have to pay

the full

> co-pay for my methimazole, which means it costs at least that

much. I have

> Humana insurance, and get my prescriptions filled at Kroger.

They've never

> cheated me that I can tell. So, really, if you're getting charged

more than

> that for PTU, I think a call to the insurance company is in order!

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks Holly for the explanation of euthyroid. Now I have another

question... Is PTU normally sold as a 50 mg tablet ? I am not sure

what mine is... it probably is 50 mg. So I am taking 3 tabs. per day

which makes 90 aprox a month. I am paying a co-pay of $15 for each

refill. Does this mean that I am likely paying alot more by paying

the co-pay, and neither the pharmacy or the insurance company have

told me?

Getting annoyed...

Katy. :0(

> Well that stinks. When I was on PTU, my co-pay is $10.00, but I

only had to

> pay $3 and something for my PTU (60, 50mg. Tablets). I have to pay

the full

> co-pay for my methimazole, which means it costs at least that

much. I have

> Humana insurance, and get my prescriptions filled at Kroger.

They've never

> cheated me that I can tell. So, really, if you're getting charged

more than

> that for PTU, I think a call to the insurance company is in order!

>

[Guest guest]

It's hard to say. Someone else said they're paying $8 something for 45. I

just know I was really surprised when I got my prescription filled the first

time and it was so cheap! I would think that they also come in 100-mg.

pills, but I don't know that for sure.

Holly

Re: Prescriptions and cost

Thanks Holly for the explanation of euthyroid. Now I have another

question... Is PTU normally sold as a 50 mg tablet ? I am not sure

what mine is... it probably is 50 mg. So I am taking 3 tabs. per day

which makes 90 aprox a month. I am paying a co-pay of $15 for each

refill. Does this mean that I am likely paying alot more by paying

the co-pay, and neither the pharmacy or the insurance company have

told me?

Getting annoyed...

Katy. :0(

> Well that stinks. When I was on PTU, my co-pay is $10.00, but I

only had to

> pay $3 and something for my PTU (60, 50mg. Tablets). I have to pay

the full

> co-pay for my methimazole, which means it costs at least that

much. I have

> Humana insurance, and get my prescriptions filled at Kroger.

They've never

> cheated me that I can tell. So, really, if you're getting charged

more than

> that for PTU, I think a call to the insurance company is in order!

>

[Guest guest]

It's hard to say. Someone else said they're paying $8 something for 45. I

just know I was really surprised when I got my prescription filled the first

time and it was so cheap! I would think that they also come in 100-mg.

pills, but I don't know that for sure.

Holly

Re: Prescriptions and cost

Thanks Holly for the explanation of euthyroid. Now I have another

question... Is PTU normally sold as a 50 mg tablet ? I am not sure

what mine is... it probably is 50 mg. So I am taking 3 tabs. per day

which makes 90 aprox a month. I am paying a co-pay of $15 for each

refill. Does this mean that I am likely paying alot more by paying

the co-pay, and neither the pharmacy or the insurance company have

told me?

Getting annoyed...

Katy. :0(

> Well that stinks. When I was on PTU, my co-pay is $10.00, but I

only had to

> pay $3 and something for my PTU (60, 50mg. Tablets). I have to pay

the full

> co-pay for my methimazole, which means it costs at least that

much. I have

> Humana insurance, and get my prescriptions filled at Kroger.

They've never

> cheated me that I can tell. So, really, if you're getting charged

more than

> that for PTU, I think a call to the insurance company is in order!

>

[Guest guest]

It's hard to say. Someone else said they're paying $8 something for 45. I

just know I was really surprised when I got my prescription filled the first

time and it was so cheap! I would think that they also come in 100-mg.

pills, but I don't know that for sure.

Holly

Re: Prescriptions and cost

Thanks Holly for the explanation of euthyroid. Now I have another

question... Is PTU normally sold as a 50 mg tablet ? I am not sure

what mine is... it probably is 50 mg. So I am taking 3 tabs. per day

which makes 90 aprox a month. I am paying a co-pay of $15 for each

refill. Does this mean that I am likely paying alot more by paying

the co-pay, and neither the pharmacy or the insurance company have

told me?

Getting annoyed...

Katy. :0(

> Well that stinks. When I was on PTU, my co-pay is $10.00, but I

only had to

> pay $3 and something for my PTU (60, 50mg. Tablets). I have to pay

the full

> co-pay for my methimazole, which means it costs at least that

much. I have

> Humana insurance, and get my prescriptions filled at Kroger.

They've never

> cheated me that I can tell. So, really, if you're getting charged

more than

> that for PTU, I think a call to the insurance company is in order!

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Holly,

Call other pharmacies and get their costs for your PTU telling them that you

have no insurance and see what the costs are at them.

I was not aware of this practice until the pharmacy I use to use charged me

the same amount of money for my Armour 15 mg. and my Armour 90 mg. When I

questioned this, they told me, to my face it is what my insurance company

*allows* them to charge, I argured this point with them, said it isn't fair,

so the next month they RAISED the cost of my Armour 90 mg. to $11.99.

Anyhow, all of this is what precipitated my calling around to other

pharmacies and telling them I had no insurance, the costs at ALL other

pharmacies was much cheaper...where I fill them now, with no insurance for

PTU and Armour the costs were HALF, in some cases, the cost using my

insurance plan.

I did call my insurance company, argued with them, their excuse...we have a

standard cost sheet that we let drug companies know the maximum cost they

are allowed to charge the customers.

I had enough, I sent a letter along with receipts, costs, names of drugs and

pharmacy and insurance company involved to the NY State Attorney General's

office. It is in their hand, but we all know how slow government can move.

I hope they slap the insurance company and the pharmacy on both cheeks and

stop this crap...but it does go on.

When I made my sisters in aware of this practice, they both did their own

calling around, and found the same tactics being done in both Indiana and

Texas.

Let the buyer beware here,

Jody

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[Guest guest]

Hi Holly,

Call other pharmacies and get their costs for your PTU telling them that you

have no insurance and see what the costs are at them.

I was not aware of this practice until the pharmacy I use to use charged me

the same amount of money for my Armour 15 mg. and my Armour 90 mg. When I

questioned this, they told me, to my face it is what my insurance company

*allows* them to charge, I argured this point with them, said it isn't fair,

so the next month they RAISED the cost of my Armour 90 mg. to $11.99.

Anyhow, all of this is what precipitated my calling around to other

pharmacies and telling them I had no insurance, the costs at ALL other

pharmacies was much cheaper...where I fill them now, with no insurance for

PTU and Armour the costs were HALF, in some cases, the cost using my

insurance plan.

I did call my insurance company, argued with them, their excuse...we have a

standard cost sheet that we let drug companies know the maximum cost they

are allowed to charge the customers.

I had enough, I sent a letter along with receipts, costs, names of drugs and

pharmacy and insurance company involved to the NY State Attorney General's

office. It is in their hand, but we all know how slow government can move.

I hope they slap the insurance company and the pharmacy on both cheeks and

stop this crap...but it does go on.

When I made my sisters in aware of this practice, they both did their own

calling around, and found the same tactics being done in both Indiana and

Texas.

Let the buyer beware here,

Jody

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[Guest guest]

Hi Holly,

Call other pharmacies and get their costs for your PTU telling them that you

have no insurance and see what the costs are at them.

I was not aware of this practice until the pharmacy I use to use charged me

the same amount of money for my Armour 15 mg. and my Armour 90 mg. When I

questioned this, they told me, to my face it is what my insurance company

*allows* them to charge, I argured this point with them, said it isn't fair,

so the next month they RAISED the cost of my Armour 90 mg. to $11.99.

Anyhow, all of this is what precipitated my calling around to other

pharmacies and telling them I had no insurance, the costs at ALL other

pharmacies was much cheaper...where I fill them now, with no insurance for

PTU and Armour the costs were HALF, in some cases, the cost using my

insurance plan.

I did call my insurance company, argued with them, their excuse...we have a

standard cost sheet that we let drug companies know the maximum cost they

are allowed to charge the customers.

I had enough, I sent a letter along with receipts, costs, names of drugs and

pharmacy and insurance company involved to the NY State Attorney General's

office. It is in their hand, but we all know how slow government can move.

I hope they slap the insurance company and the pharmacy on both cheeks and

stop this crap...but it does go on.

When I made my sisters in aware of this practice, they both did their own

calling around, and found the same tactics being done in both Indiana and

Texas.

Let the buyer beware here,

Jody

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[Guest guest]

Hi Katy,

I pay $8.59 for 45 tablets of the 50 mg. PTU a month, yours is double mine

so that would come out to about $17.00 so you are saving. When your dose

goes down, you may want to call around to other pharmacies for costs without

insurance if your insurance do-pay remains at $15.00 for 45 tables, or

whatever your lowered dosage is.

Jody

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[Guest guest]

Hi Katy,

I pay $8.59 for 45 tablets of the 50 mg. PTU a month, yours is double mine

so that would come out to about $17.00 so you are saving. When your dose

goes down, you may want to call around to other pharmacies for costs without

insurance if your insurance do-pay remains at $15.00 for 45 tables, or

whatever your lowered dosage is.

Jody

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[Guest guest]

Hi Katy,

I pay $8.59 for 45 tablets of the 50 mg. PTU a month, yours is double mine

so that would come out to about $17.00 so you are saving. When your dose

goes down, you may want to call around to other pharmacies for costs without

insurance if your insurance do-pay remains at $15.00 for 45 tables, or

whatever your lowered dosage is.

Jody

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[Guest guest]

Hi Jody,

I have just requested a price quote online from CSV and they came

back with $13.09 for 90x 50 mg Tablets, so it is a little cheaper.

Now I have discovered this I am going to research the other

pharmacies. I can't believe that the pharmacies or the insurance

companies aren't obliged to inform you if the actual cost of the drug

is less than your co-pay.

Now I am new to the prescription insurance scam as I am not a USA

citizen... If you have more than one type of medication and you go

and get them filled at the same time do you have to pay two sets of

co-pay ?

Katy.

> Hi Katy,

> I pay $8.59 for 45 tablets of the 50 mg. PTU a month, yours is

double mine

> so that would come out to about $17.00 so you are saving. When

your dose

> goes down, you may want to call around to other pharmacies for

costs without

> insurance if your insurance do-pay remains at $15.00 for 45 tables,

or

> whatever your lowered dosage is.

> Jody

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Hi Jody,

I have just requested a price quote online from CSV and they came

back with $13.09 for 90x 50 mg Tablets, so it is a little cheaper.

Now I have discovered this I am going to research the other

pharmacies. I can't believe that the pharmacies or the insurance

companies aren't obliged to inform you if the actual cost of the drug

is less than your co-pay.

Now I am new to the prescription insurance scam as I am not a USA

citizen... If you have more than one type of medication and you go

and get them filled at the same time do you have to pay two sets of

co-pay ?

Katy.

> Hi Katy,

> I pay $8.59 for 45 tablets of the 50 mg. PTU a month, yours is

double mine

> so that would come out to about $17.00 so you are saving. When

your dose

> goes down, you may want to call around to other pharmacies for

costs without

> insurance if your insurance do-pay remains at $15.00 for 45 tables,

or

> whatever your lowered dosage is.

> Jody

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Holly, they do it all the time. That's why I look everything up before I

decide whether to do it with, or without, my insurance.

Terry

>

> Reply-To: graves_support

> Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 10:21:28 -0500

> To: " 'graves_support ' " <graves_support >

> Subject: RE: Re: Prescriptions and cost

>

> Normally if you have a co-pay and the cost of the drug is less than the

> co-pay, you pay the lesser amount. If that's not happening with your

> insurance, you might want to investigate. I don't think it's legal to

> charge more than what the drug costs without insurance. I've never had a

> problem with this, myself.

>

> Holly

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Holly, they do it all the time. That's why I look everything up before I

decide whether to do it with, or without, my insurance.

Terry

>

> Reply-To: graves_support

> Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 10:21:28 -0500

> To: " 'graves_support ' " <graves_support >

> Subject: RE: Re: Prescriptions and cost

>

> Normally if you have a co-pay and the cost of the drug is less than the

> co-pay, you pay the lesser amount. If that's not happening with your

> insurance, you might want to investigate. I don't think it's legal to

> charge more than what the drug costs without insurance. I've never had a

> problem with this, myself.

>

> Holly

>

>

>

>