Delay the 'Donut Hole'
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Always use your member ID card when purchasing your prescription drugs to be sure you are paying the plan's discounted prices. Your plan has special, negotiated pricing that may be lower than the pharmacy retail price. Your member ID will also help your plan correctly track the money you spend. This is especially important if you reach the coverage gap or move out of the coverage gap into catastrophic coverage. Keep track. Monitor your monthly prescription drug spending to see how close you are to the coverage gap. | |||||
| Talk to your doctor about lowering your prescription drug costs. Use generic medications whenever possible. Ask your doctor if lower cost brand-name drugs are offered on your plan's drug formulary. Save money by using Prescription Solutions Mail Service Pharmacy. Save more by ordering your maintenance medications from Prescription Solutions and have them delivered to your mailbox. Review all your medications with your doctor. Your doctor may find that you are taking drugs that you no longer need. | |||||
| Make sure you are using pharmacies that are in the plan's network. You can compare prices at in-network retail pharmacies to make sure you are getting the most savings. Different retail pharmacies charge very different prices for the same medication. If you have to purchase medication outside of your prescription drug network, compare prices. Pharmacy Saver. The Pharmacy Saver program may be able to help you reduce your out-of-pocket costs on some prescriptions purchased at certain network pharmacies participating in the program. Included drugs have lower co-pays, sometimes as low as $2 for a 30-day or even 90-day supply. |
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