Re: Re: insurance covering Carnitor?

[Guest guest]

Steve

I think the new thing you were thinking of is the generic for

Carnitor. That is what I am taking.

I have submitted a script for magnesium as my kidney's spill it and I

take 50 tablets a week. I'll let you know if it is covered. It is a

prescription form.

laurie

1) I can't recall, but wasn't there some discussion here about a

> > possible new prescription for ACETYL carnitine. Does anyone know

> > any more on this point?

>

> I'd be interested in that too...

[Guest guest]

My insurance, Tricare, pays the same amount basically as Medicare as it is a

government program. I pay $9.00 per month for whatever the doctor prescribes

for a month's supply. It is all dependent on what the doc says. In my case the

prescription is 1000 mg 4 times a day which the pharmacist figured out to be

twelve 118 ml or 4 oz bottles per month. Recently though the pharmacist at

Walgreens said that the doc has to figure out the number of bottles and write it

on the script or for test strips also write the specific number on.

Janet Sample

Re: insurance covering Carnitor?

> >

> >

> > > It's only just occurred to me, that my " new " drug insurance

> > > coverage would make Carnitor far less expensive to me, than the OTC

> > > I've been doing so far.

> >

> > This is an important point, since many of us are taking supplements

> > that may or may not have a prescription " equivalent " (see my notes

> > below about Carnitor and OTC carnitine), it might seem that OTC

> > should always be cheaper. But it really depends on the supplement

> > and the store. I try to buy things online to save money, and also my

> > insurance company has a website where you can cost medications before

> > you are prescribed them.

> [...]

> > Take care,

> > RH

>

> It's true that I assumed OTC would be cheaper than the actual cost of

> Carnitor, and I'm pretty sure it is, considering the wide variety of prices

> and the careful comparative shopping I've done online.

>

> But I was really referring to the price of Carnitor TO ME, namely the amount

> of my insurance co-pay, paid once each month for as big a bottle as I can

> get my doc to prescribe. When I was upgraded recently on MassHealth

> (Massachusetts' version of Medicaid) plans, from " Free Care " (which actually

> is the most primitive of safety nets) to " Essential " (which is only a slight

> cut above), I did find one huge surprise. All prescribed meds (from the

> formulary or what I can get " prior approved " ) cost me $1 ($3 for name

> brand). This seemed absurdly generous to me, struggling so mightily for

> years to get any health care at all, and any recognition of my condition

> from the federal government. I honestly couldn't believe it until I really

> paid this once.

>

> So for me, at least, prescribed $3 Carnitor IS going to be cheaper, assuming

> I can get it approved. For some insane reason, I've had no success in

> locating the MassHealth formulary online.

>

> Unfortunately, this prescription benefit of MassHealth is ending this year.

> All enrollees will be forced to choose one of the new Medicare drug plans,

> which is one of the goofiest most complicated over-hyped pieces of

> legislation in a while.

>

> BTW my recent success in getting federal disability will make me eligible

> for MassHealth Standard, which is the best of the plans. Too bad, I'm

> expecting that my new-found SSDI income will also bump me into having to pay

> a premium for this. Hopefully, the upgrade will be worth it.

>

> I'm assuming that many others here are periodically stressed out by all the

> complexities and demands of dealing with compensation for treatment, medical

> equipment, transport, etc. There is probably (hopefully?) an entire industry

> devoted to helping people just figure all this out, yes?

>

> Steve D.

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