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Number9Dream

(1,638 posts)
Mon Jan 22, 2024, 04:47 PM Jan 2024

My Silver Scripts prescription has gone up 1,080% since last December!

I keep hearing that the cost of prescription drugs is going down, but the price of our Silver Scripts are skyrocketing. For example, one of my daily scripts is for 25mg atenolol. It is a tier one generic which has always been relatively inexpensive. Then, last January, the price soared by 780%. Today, I picked another 90 day supply, and the price went up another five dollars. That's a 1,080% increase in under a year! All of our scripts have gone up by similar amounts.

Do any of you DU'ers have part D plans, other than Silver Scripts, which have skyrocketed like ours? We'll be getting a measly 3.2% SS increase which will be gone before we get it. Yes, the price of insulin came down, but everything else went up. Nobody is helping us on Medicare.

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My Silver Scripts prescription has gone up 1,080% since last December! (Original Post) Number9Dream Jan 2024 OP
I was charged $1600 for routine lab draw fees MutantAndProud Jan 2024 #1
We were offered but decided not Pas-de-Calais Jan 2024 #2
Same here. Polly Hennessey Jan 2024 #10
My prescriptions are as follows: Joinfortmill Jan 2024 #3
My pharmacist alway looks for coupons lynintenn Jan 2024 #4
I don't have a prescription drug plan, maybe I should get one Walleye Jan 2024 #5
My daily prescription meds that I get at Walmart Pharmacy: MOMFUDSKI Jan 2024 #6
I had Silver Scripts for years.. Deuxcents Jan 2024 #7
Interesting... thanks for the info. Number9Dream Jan 2024 #12
Yep, mine's gone up. It's out of control but worse is my part C. mobeau69 Jan 2024 #8
That kind of price gouging... GiqueCee Jan 2024 #9
I have had SilverScript for many years and my prices have brer cat Jan 2024 #11
Nothing changed but the prices. Thanks for replying. Number9Dream Jan 2024 #13
 

MutantAndProud

(855 posts)
1. I was charged $1600 for routine lab draw fees
Mon Jan 22, 2024, 04:57 PM
Jan 2024

I may have to double check if they actually billed Medicare or if they reclassified them to get more regardless

Joinfortmill

(16,256 posts)
3. My prescriptions are as follows:
Mon Jan 22, 2024, 05:10 PM
Jan 2024

Generic med for thyroid: $2 mo
Prescription eye drops: $2 mo.
If I used the mail order pharmacy, both prescriptions would be free.
I have a Humana plan.

lynintenn

(732 posts)
4. My pharmacist alway looks for coupons
Mon Jan 22, 2024, 05:31 PM
Jan 2024

to get me lower prices. I have Silverscript also. One drug is usually $300.00 for a 90 day refill but I usually get it for $100. with whatever coupon gives me the best discount. They used to use Good rX but they found another coupon. that was better.






Walleye

(34,927 posts)
5. I don't have a prescription drug plan, maybe I should get one
Mon Jan 22, 2024, 05:37 PM
Jan 2024

So far I’ve been OK getting my prescriptions at the Giant supermarket pharmacy with coupon. The most I pay for any of them is $40 for 90 days. I hope the price doesn’t go up. The people at the pharmacy are particularly helpful in finding good prices

 

MOMFUDSKI

(7,080 posts)
6. My daily prescription meds that I get at Walmart Pharmacy:
Mon Jan 22, 2024, 05:51 PM
Jan 2024

Humalog Insulin 3-4X/day using VEO Syringes
Losartan 50mg/day blood pressure medication
$0 co-pay for all of the above. I have a Humana GoldPlus Advantage Plan.

Deuxcents

(19,401 posts)
7. I had Silver Scripts for years..
Mon Jan 22, 2024, 06:28 PM
Jan 2024

Aetna took them over and this year I changed to WellCare. I’m much happier

mobeau69

(11,522 posts)
8. Yep, mine's gone up. It's out of control but worse is my part C.
Mon Jan 22, 2024, 06:29 PM
Jan 2024

I paid my last premium to those fuckers. Going to go naked as far as a supplemental is concerned. Whatever happens, happens.

GiqueCee

(1,276 posts)
9. That kind of price gouging...
Mon Jan 22, 2024, 06:38 PM
Jan 2024

... USED to be illegal, just as advertising pharmaceuticals directly to consumers used to be illegal. And those who suffer most from it – besides good folk like Number9Dream – are the same idiots that vote Republican because they love to hate; they just hate the wrong people, because they're fucking idiots.
There are those who COULD smack down Big Pharma, but they're just too chickenshit to do it. Getting reelected is more important than doing what's right.

brer cat

(26,047 posts)
11. I have had SilverScript for many years and my prices have
Mon Jan 22, 2024, 07:26 PM
Jan 2024

stayed stable or gone down. It must vary based on the mix of drugs.

Have you changed your deductible? That could make a big difference.

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