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I'm positive you've observed a Prescription Drug (RX) medication discount card just before. Some of you might have truly used it as soon as or twice. But the majority of you, when you have observed them, then dismissed it - for what ever purpose - I currently have prescription coverage in my wellness strategy, I can afford to pay cash for my prescriptions, I don't use coupons or gimmicks, just sell me my stuff and let me go on my way - whatever.

First, let me tell you a bit bit about these cards. Charity Organizations and Workers Associations are currently distributing these cards to their charity recipients. Individuals are saving sufficient funds on medications to be capable to afford other essentials like gas, electric and food as well as their prescriptions. Fantastic proper? But what regarding the non-charity recipients? We do not need these cards... or maybe we do and did not know it.

Take a 30 year old male, in great health except for asthma that is beneath control with every day medication - no troubling incidents or Emergency Space visits for years. You'd by no means know he's got any medical concerns. Our man is functioning a great job with good rewards. He has the top-of-the-line well being plan at his function and contributes $100 a month for that privilege. With this plan, his 3 daily medications cost $24, $28 and 1 over the counter drug is $64. That's $116 a month. With his insurance coverage premium copay he's at $216 a month.

Through a price shift measure, his job gets eliminated. He's laid off. No issue, he's young, intelligent, he'll get a new job swiftly. In the meantime, he nevertheless has to take his 3 drugs every day. No one wants someone with drippy red eyes, wheezing across the desk at them in a job interview. No problem, he'll get COBRA. That is when he finds out that his $100 a month health insurance coverage policy really fees his organization $810 a month. With COBRA - he's up to $926 a month in premiums and drugs.

Being a smart customer, he figures he can get person care less expensive by means of wellness care reform. He now discovers that well being care reform says he can't be denied coverage as a result of his existing situation, nevertheless it does not make it any less expensive. That $810 monthly his business is shifting to him via COBRA now gets what exactly is referred to as a "rate-up" inside the individual wellness care market. For controlled asthma, different carriers "rate-up" a minimum of 10% as much as 70% much more than exactly the same policy for the same coverage if he did not possess the condition. This one is a 30% rate-up. He's now at $1,053 per month for well being care premiums to keep exactly the same strategy he had at his job.

Again, he realizes that aside from the prescriptions, he does not need over $1,000 worth of health-related care a month and looks at lower priced policies. The initial factor these lower premium policies do, is increase the deductible. He seldom sees the medical doctor except to renew his prescriptions annually and that check-up is now covered with no co-pay by any policy. So he opts for the lowest month-to-month premium. The second point insurers do, is restrict prescription drug purchases to maintain the monthly premium down.

At this time, the lowest priced choice to get a wholesome 30 year old man is $74 monthly ($96 with the 30% rate-up), however it does not cover his two brand name drugs until he's spent $2500. His two prescription drugs below his existing strategy cost him $52 a month, $624 a year, nowhere close to the $2500 prescription deductible. Nevertheless WAY far better than the premium well being plan or COBRA.

But wait, now that he's paying cash for his prescriptions, they go as much as full value. The $24/mo prescription is $141 retail as well as the $28/mo prescription is $159 retail. He is now as much as $364 a month for his medications. Nonetheless less expensive.

Then you introduce him towards the RX card. His $141/mo retail cost goes to $70 and his $159 is decreased to $82 (no change for the over the counter med) $216 total vs. $364. You are his new greatest friend.

So, the following prescription discount card you encounter, hold onto it. You just in no way know.