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Author Re: new year insurance co-pay increase
lehill1

2006-02-25, 9:43 pm

We just had open enrollment - but our options were limited... that's why the
increase in
co-pays. I will be looking in to the drugs by mail. I know that will save
me some money.

:-) Lisa
<dropbear1@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1137464346.964300.118970@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Hi lisa,
>
> There are quite a few drug companies in canada (canadadrugs.com) but
> you might end up paying more since they wont take your insurance. You
> might want to look into changing your insurance during open enrollment,
> if possible, to a health plan with better drug coverage. Another option
> is to take a vacation to mexico and stock-up on meds while you're down
> there, but make sure you have a current U.S. docs prescription for all
> those meds: not to actually buy the meds, but in case you get searched
> by customs on the way back.
> I have Kaiser insurance here in california, and I get my meds by mail;
> a 3 month supply for a $10 copay. I can re-order online and can even
> send my doctor email. Kaiser gets a lot of crap for their supposedly
> poor business practice, but I've only had good experiences with them.
>



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