The brand I was using was "under review". Got my doctor to prescribe another brand and everything went back to normal.
You probably already know this but be very careful with generic thyroid medicines. They only have to be 80% as effective and as your doctor can tell you that much change in a thyroid medicine can cause trouble.
What is your prescription for?
Yes.
This could be for a variety of reasons. They might be investigating why the doctor would prescribe those meds for your condition. This is not necessarily a bad thing.
I just pay cash for my thyroid medication it is cheap!!
I’m 63 and I pay almost $1,600 per month for health insurance thanks to the “Affordable Care Act”.
Medicare is my primary provider, but I have my Medicare-approved prescription coverage through New York State’s Empire Plan, my secondary provider. I retired from State service in 2003. I have had regular scripts for a generic muscle relaxer (Metaxalone) for several years now. Up until this past year, there wasn’t an issue with them. My prescription provider is CVS Caremark. That is the pharmacy connected to my plan For some reason, the last script that was written for me had to be reviewed, and an authorization was issued for 6 months. I don’t take the medication that often, but I like to have it on hand, just in case I get a muscle spasm in my lower back. I had one refill on the script, but when I reordered it, I was told the 6 month authorization had expired, and they wouldn’t fill it. It didn’t matter that the script that included the second refill was written and authorized for that 6 month period. Because I hadn’t ordered the refill within that six months, it voided the second refill. I had to recontact the doctor’s office, and ask them to contact CVS Caremark in order to get another 6 month authorization. I’ve only had prescription coverage through New York State, starting when I first went to work for them in 1980.
If you dropped employer coverage, you could get a supplement and spend about $300 per month total
If you work full time, not sure is you can do it. Employer had to cover you. Maybe
Depending on your specific thyroid problem, you might clear it up with selenium and iodine supplementation.
Is the entire prescription $13 or just what you are paying for?
Is it $13 total per month or is it $150.00 per month and you are paying $13 of that?
At the age of 45 I developed severe symptoms typical of thyroid dysfunction.
I did not seek a doctor. I take no medications.
Long story short, I discovered that my body was not only thyroid deficient, but that the effects were both cumulative and compounded by a gut issue (a LONG story in itself).
I recommend that you consult with a Naturopath (ND) and consider a natural iodine supplement at levels of 3-5x USRDA and increasing until symptoms abate.
I began at the same level and ended up at 10,000 mcg of iodine in the form of Icelandic Kelp tablets and continue to this day. The iodine alone resolved over a dozen individual symptoms.
For reference, most Asians - particularly the Japanese, historically - get about 13-14k mcg of iodine from their diet.
Unless you are old enough to have been in the fallout zones and have thyroid damage/disease, I can’t imagine that medication is necessary if you are healthy enough to not be on any prescriptions at all.
Assume you are on levo. 3 month supply is $10 at Walmart and $43 at Walgreens at full retail price and $10/$17 at the GoodRX negotiated pricing. 1 month is $13 at CVS.
Why people don’t shop their healthcare boggles my mind.
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this is ROMNEYCARE pushed by MIT, Romney, RINOs and
then adopted by the DNC.
Americans paid 10$ for scripts now $3000 per month
after paying insurance/fees2Congress of $12,000.
THIS is why the GOP loves Romney.
THIS is why WHO and Obama love Romney.
America is beyond f’ed.
$18,000 a year for a family of four because my wife and I are self employed.
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I just retired and am looking for healthcare coverage.
Here is one site: https://www.coveredca.com
I just went to https://www.coveredca.com then along the top clicked on Compare Plans and they have some PPO plans from Blue California and health net. My dentist only accepts PPO.
The monthly charge for healthcare does not look expensive for some plans while others can be over $1,000 per month.
Dental is less then $53 per month. I am lucky that I only need to see a dentist 😁
I do not really know what is a good plan and what the difference between a HMO and PPO plan is.
What happens when I do go in for say a healthcare checkup or something serious comes up?
The dentist I know looks thru the new boat catalog when I show up 😁
I guess I will need to spend time comparing plans. I have the company plans as a reference. I paid $3,132 this past year or $261 a month. Now retired I would pay double that for the same coverage as the company is not paying the other half.
Question: Does Medicare pay for everything?
I am 63 and 1/2 and can afford private insurance but of course would like medicare to pay one day.
They have bronze, silver, gold, platinum plans.
Platinum: highest premiums, lowest out-of-pocket costs
Gold: higher premiums, lower out-of-pocket costs
Silver: lower premiums, moderate out-of-pocket costs
Bronze: lowest premiums, highest out-of-pocket costs