Here is something else that's very curious about the cost of prescriptions....and proves the "game" is rigged somehow: ie. "crony capitalism" and market corruption.
Bud (hubby) takes only one prescription med, I take none.
Every month I would have his filled and it cost $7.
*Medicare Part D was passed and we went with Wisconsin Senior Care RX because it was cheap and means tested - both good things. That's a whole
'nother thread.... but I digress....*
A week after Part D came into effect I got his prescription filled and it had suddenly jumped to $11.
That's cash price, not going through the ins., and not having it count toward our deductible - strictly CASH price.
Then on one refill occasion a new clerk had thought I was going to declare it on the Part D insurance deductible and, and,,,, the price I would have paid for that privilege was $21.
I told her "I don't think so!" and that I do not use the "insurance" and am paying the "cash" price. Ok, then $12.
Now, I would like to know where that extra $4. cash went/goes (who gets that $4.???) above and beyond the actual 'market price' of the med., upon the enactment of Part D. And then if I declare in on my deductible, who get the next $10. buck I would be forking out.
In essence, a common generic med that only costs $7., now with Part D insurance is being priced at $21., triple the actual market cost.
Evidently
THE FIX IS IN!
