I would consider contacting the drug mfg. and tell them this story that someone is making an arbitrary decision that they won't sell you this expensive drug. That won't sit well with them and we all know what kind of clout they have. You could even ask if they can provide any financial assistance toward the price of the drug.
Medicare - Humana - is now Centerwell Pharmacy. Why won't they process a credit card payment?
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It is a specialty drug only certain pharmacies can even get. I could only get it in one store here in OKC before I got on medicare. I was assured the drug was in medicare's schedule before I switched. It is but it is also a different nomenclature and drug number than what is written in the federal drug schedule book therefore medicare won't pay. Clear as mud?
Dang, that sucks. Sounds like a gov't operation, sadly enough...
I really think contacting the drug mfg. is your next step. They won't like it that medicare is playing games here and might help you out.
Bad advice. Medicare is the primary, whomever he has on his part D is the secondary. If medicare won't cover it, then the secondary won't either.
Highly suggest calling the drug company and asking for assistance navigating the medicare red tape. Not sure why the pharmacy wouldn't let you pay out of pocket though.
Still have no email from Centerwell in Mumbai.
No idea of what you are taking, but if you are paying full price for the medicine, check on Good RX and their "help" for prescription pricing. Time was, the wife didn't have medical after we retired and was that way for 3 years. She used GoodRX and found that buying her prescriptions was cheaper with them than with our old employment drug plan.
That's because they're old school and still call it Bombay.
Based on his later description, I'm pretty sure it's not Eliquis, but if it were, you could very likely get help from the manufacturer. My dad got put on Eliquis, and he got into a program from the manufacturer where they sent it to him for free. Of course, they didn't get their act together until he was in hospice, so they sent him four bottles of it where the outer packaging never even got opened...
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