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Posted
Sep 14 2009, 02:35 PM
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Teresa Mears
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Money Blog: Smart Spending Blog - MSN Money
When I recently needed an antibiotic eye ointment that costs $50 for a five-day supply (with insurance), I started looking for a discount. There was no generic. I managed to find a CVS coupon for a $25 gift card with a new prescription, but it had expired last month. The cheaper alternatives listed on my insurance company's website contained an ingredient to which I'm allergic, and my doctor didn't have any samples.
I went looking on the Internet, but all I could find was a $25 gift card coupon from CVS for transferred prescriptions.
But I did find something else useful: rebates for prescription medications.
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Posted
Jul 01 2009, 01:33 PM
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Karen Datko
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Online searches for affordable prescription drugs may be easier than you think. Our thanks to Silicon Valley Blogger at The Digerati Life for putting the spotlight on a Web site called Medtipster.
At this site, you can search your town or region for pharmacies that offer low-cost generics of drugs you're taking, as well as low-cost therapeutic alternatives -- plus health screenings, mini clinics and immunizations available near you.
Specifically, the site says on its FAQs page: "You can search our database and find $4 generic equivalents to your prescription drugs. If there is no generic, we'll also suggest $4 drugs that might be able to be substituted with your doctor's advice."
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Posted
Jan 07 2009, 07:30 AM
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Donna Freedman
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Recently I called a regional pharmacy to take advantage of its generic prescription program. Thyroid medication costs me $10 a month at my current pharmacy, but at the other store that same $10 would buy three months' worth of pills. The phone rang a few minutes later. It was my current pharmacist, asking for another chance.
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Oct 29 2008, 07:49 AM
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Donna Freedman
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While I love transferring prescriptions to earn free gift cards, lately I've found something even better: $4 generics.
Since late July I've been taking maintenance medications for a couple of common health conditions. At that time I was thankful that I'd been able to buy into a health insurance plan that included discounted prescriptions. Somehow I managed to overlook weekly newspaper ads and frequent radio spots touting "$4 for a 30-day supply or $10 for a 90-day supply."
And I call myself a frugalist.
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Posted
Jun 13 2008, 07:12 AM
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Karen Datko
Money Blog: Smart Spending Blog - MSN Money
This post comes from Truman Lewis at partner blog ConsumerAffairs.com. Safeway will begin offering $4 prescriptions on hundreds of generic drugs at stores in the eastern United States and parts of the Midwest, becoming the latest supermarket chain to follow the trail blazed by Wal-Mart two years ago. The discounted prescriptions will be available at stores in the Chicago area, the District of Columbia, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and New Jersey. The list of $4 drugs includes the antibiotic amoxicillin, blood-pressure medication atenolol, and levothyroxine for thyroid disease.
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Posted
Jun 04 2008, 05:27 PM
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Karen Datko
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If Single Ma had accepted the two prescriptions written for her and for her daughter without question, she would have spent $100 out-of-pocket -- despite the fact that her workplace health insurance plan includes meds. She did some research, made some phone calls, and ended up saving $180 (that's not a typo), without accepting reduced care for herself or her beloved BabyGirl. This practical post at Fabulous Financials illustrates why you need to be a savvy consumer when it comes to medical care.
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May 14 2008, 06:49 PM
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Karen Datko
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"Him" at the Him-and-Her blog, Make Love, Not Debt, is depressed -- clinically depressed. He reached the decision to get professional help after it began to affect his relationship with "Her." But, before that, he tried to spend his way out of depression. He explains that "trying to thwart depression by doing everything except getting treatment can affect one's finances." His post is called "Depression is expensive, denial much more so."
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Posted
Mar 07 2008, 09:18 AM
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Donna Freedman
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I made $15 for filling a prescription last night. That is, the medication cost me a $10 co-pay but I received a $25 gift card for trying a different pharmacy.
This was a Safeway pharmacy, so I had my choice of more than 60 gift cards ranging from bookstores to ice cream to spa treatments. I chose a Safeway card, for future groceries.
Drugstores want your business, and sometimes they're willing to bribe you to get it. Prescription transfers can be a pretty simple way to stretch your dollars.
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Nov 08 2007, 05:50 PM
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Karen Datko
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This post is from David Wood at partner blog ConsumerAffairs.com . As an expectant mom, Kendra of Brooklyn, N.Y., wanted the best for herself and her baby. Part of that care was a prenatal vitamin. "My doctor gave me a prescription for the prenatal vitamin Primacare One," wrote Kendra. "I dropped off my prescription at the CVS pharmacy and when I returned to pick up the prescription, I was instead given Prednisone." The problem Kendra encountered is one of the most common prescription errors -- the kind that occurs when a pharmacist can't read the prescription properly. Instead of contacting the authorizing physician to confirm the prescription, the pharmacist plays Russian roulette with someone else's life. Kimberly, of Hudsonville, Mich., ran into a similar problem at Walgreens . Kim wrote that the pharmacist couldn't read the prescription and assumed it said Corgard, a blood-pressure drug. However, Kimberly's husband didn't need a blood-pressure drug. He needed Cortef, a drug to treat
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Posted
Sep 24 2007, 10:14 AM
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Karen Datko
Money Blog: Smart Spending Blog - MSN Money
It's somewhat tricky, but you can estimate how much money to contribute to the medical reimbursement account that's part of your workplace flexible spending account. If you overestimate, you can treat yourself to a new pair of glasses or replace a crown at the end of the year.
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