Medicare Disability part D med coverage

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When you fially qualify for medicare disability and medicare

insurance you have to get a part B and D carrier. I set mine up back

early in October to be ready for November 1st. Because if the

medicare disability, I am supposed to be low income and the copays

are $5.00 or less. I just came back from the pharmacy for the 4th

time in two days...after spending the entire morning on the telephone

with medicare, social seurity disability, the carrier and the

pharmacy it still is not straightened out I paid over $200 for just 3

of my perscriptions and even then had to have them put one back and

not take it as I see the pain DR on monday and will have all those

meds to fill. I am told that I will be reimbursed for all these costs

as soon as I fill out some paper that medicare is sending me...but in

the meantime I am goin without my humira (which was working SO well)

and several other medications so that I don't detox off all of my

antidepressent, muscle relaxant, and pain meds...by Monday my entire

disability check and more (that I have to borrow) will have been

spent on meds. No money left over to live on!

if you a changing to a carrier for part B and D make sure that they

have ALL of your information in their computer as there seems to be

no way to add it later unless it comes straight from medicare which

takes forwever!! You do not want to be out of your meds. My

feelings....this new part D coverage has just created anther monster

buerocratic monster that we have to fight to get to cover what theY

proiMsed to cover. I threatened to call the state insurance board aNd

that did get me a moRe helpful supervisor on the line....but the

bottoM line was if you want the meds pay all your money....and theN

wait till we get good and ready to reimburse you at our convience!

This is not a improvement over the old system! We are still only

getting the meds we can afford and going without those that are too

expensive! BEWARE!!!