Peter Loftus
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70 appearances
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first heard Jan 2024
last heard Jan 2024
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for insulin on the order of 70% reduction.
And in addition to that, they also offer programs for people with insurance outside of Medicare to limit their out-of-pocket costs to $35 a month.
And actually, that applies to people who have insurance or who don't have insurance.
For certain drugs, it does pay to shop around.
The prices can really vary depending on the pharmacy that you get it at.
And so if you go onto a website called GoodRx, which offers savings programs and just information about where to find the best deal, you can type in the name of a drug you're taking.
where you live, and it will show you a list of the different pharmacies in your area and how much the drug costs there.
And there can be big differences, sometimes on the order of 50%.
And so you could have a generic cholesterol drug cost something like $20 per prescription at one pharmacy, and then across town it might only cost $10 or $11.
Yes.
And that's a good starting point as far as ways for people to think of savings.
If you've been prescribed a brand name drug, ask your doctor or your pharmacist if there's a generic equivalent for that drug, which oftentimes they're something like 80 or 90 percent less than the original brand price for the drug.
It is, but this is a gray and evolving area.
Generally, federal law in the U.S.
prohibits the importation of prescriptions in most cases.
And the FDA does say...
that there are situations where this is allowable, such as as long as it doesn't represent a safety threat and if it's a limited quantity and just for personal use.
The U.S.
Veterans Affairs Office has a health care system, and they also provide benefits.
And so for certain eligible military veterans,
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