Posted on 05/06/2013 9:45:17 PM PDT by Kartographer
It is your insurance that limits you to buying three months at a time. If you don't use your insurance, you can get a prescription from the doctor for as many months as you want, and get it filled not using insurance. You would have to pay the non-insurance price. If you bought three months worth not using insurance, you would have a six month supply - the three months you have and the three extra months you bought without insurance.
I told my doctor I was a prepper, then had to tell him what that meant. He laughed and said he would give me a year's worth of prescriptions.
How many times have I read THAT one...
I told my doctor I was a prepper, then had to tell him what that meant. He laughed and said he would give me a year's worth of prescriptions.
There's a pharmacy in Canada where you can get reputable medicines for a lot less than in the US cause you can get bulk.
It's Northwest Pharmacy.
http://www.northwestpharmacy.com/ContactUs.aspx
They ship to the US. I've gotten some medication that I cannot get here in the US, thank you FDA.
I don't know how long the feds will allow that, but for the time being, it's a source.
BTTT
Just sped through it. Thank you for the heads up.
May God keep watch.
Tatt
Don’t be “that guy”.
No matter what a badass you are, there’s always a “badderass” out there,
and you may be a badderass than any one of us,
but not all of us.
Sure... and I’ve got some post holes to dig, etc.
alldaychemist.com
So true. Not just keeping the plants alive until harvest but ESPECIALLY getting the soil ready. In my experience it takes three seasons to get suburban yard soil ready to produce.
That takes a lot of work, and a lot of knowledge and skills that you don't really learn from a book.
/johnny
People with that mindset are the ones waiting in line for two hours to pay chump prices at gun shows. The good news is those brand-new weapons and ammo (that they paid chump prices for) will be lying on the ground, ready to be picked up, after their brilliant "prep" plan fails miserably.
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
Yeh, I knew about the insurance company. They won’t allow a refill till you get down to the last 3 pills. Went around with pharmacy more than once when leaving for a vacation and needing a refill before the last 3 days.
Last time, I pointed out that I didn’t even have Ins. anymore for drugs, and they agreed to fill it after I had 5 days left. I have always just refilled at my local pharmacy rather than by mail, because I use only generic anyway, and I like to support all the local businesses I can.
Next time I go in, I plan to ask for the script to be written for a 3 month supply. Last time I asked for 60 days extra just to have on hand, and the doctor had no problem with it.
I do keep some herbal teas etc. that help lower blood pressure too, but for long term, I don’t know. When I fill the order now, I put back 2 pills each time. Soon that will give me a month too.
Back in 2009 we were hit by a horrific ice storm (3+ inches), and this caused chaos like you wouldn't believe. Tens of thousands of power poles and towers collapsed under the weight and had to be replaced; almost a million miles of power and telephone lines had to be restored; and in tools thousands of trees blocked everything from dirt roads to interstates. Yet in the midst of this, you had neighbors checking on each other (sometimes even opening their homes for the elderly) and forming chainsaw gangs that went around and cleared the roads so that people could at least get out and buy their basic needs.
One recommendation if you do move here; make sure your new home has a basement to storm shelter. Tornadoes are fairly common here in the spring and summer. On the plus side, you can use this area to store emergency supplies.
“36. I’ll just stock up on weapons and take what I need from others.”
Bwaa-Haa-Haa! Great minds...
I’m so glad we’re friends; you’ll be one LESS for me to worry about WTSHTF!
Central Kentucky, in Madison County. The transition was a little rough at first, but I adjusted and now can’t see myself living anywhere else. The pace was hard to get used to - being a “gogogogogogo!” type, it was a tough adjustment to the slower pace of the country lifestyle.
And having a thick New England accent didn’t help...lol. But, I married a local woman and now have an accent that can flip-flop.
Relaxed gun laws, low property tax rates, and lots of land spurred the move.
Greetings and salutations from the other side of I-75, FRiend.
I remember that ice storm very well, thankfully we were only without power for 4 days. Had plenty of preps, a wood-burning fireplace, and a gas water heater. Not that I’d like to do it again necessarily, but it’s always good to have situations that test your prep level.
Now we’re in a house that has all-electric and no fireplace, so had to make some adjustments.
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