Save money on prescriptions

Prescription prices are often very difficult to absorb. Best case scenario you can find a generic that works and worst case the medication is prohibitively high and you don't buy it, which is why I like to share whenever I find resources that help with the high cost of prescriptions. This month I am sharing with you about GoodRX.com, a discount program we recently joined.

Drug prices vary wildly between pharmacies. GoodRx helps you find the lowest prices and discounts. GoodRX collects and compares prices for every FDA-approved prescription drug at more than 70,000 US pharmacies instantly within the mobile app. It returns to you a visual that shows you the cost of the medication by pharmacies near you. It also offers free coupons to use at the pharmacy. Watch the video attached to see how it works. Then download their mobile app from their website or Apple Store.

Make sure to let me know how it works for you.

New Medication management tool

 

I try to continuously be on the look out for helpful products for our seniors and our families and I recently found one that I really like. It is called PillPack.

As the name implies, they package medications into individual dose packages. All the pills for the morning are in the AM punch pack, noon pills in another and the PM pills in another. The packages include both prescription medications and OTC vitamins, etc that you might be taking. Medication errors are the number one factor influencing hospital readmission and accidents in seniors. What an incredibly helpful way to dispense medications!

How it works:

  • Automatic refills - they contact the doctor and manage the prescription

  • Coordinate care - your doctor sends new prescriptions directly to them

  • There is no additional cost to you beyond your normal copay

PillPack takes Medicare and most insurance plans. Unfortunately, my insurance company Blue Care Network is not set up to work with them yet. I called to check and my health carrier has  an exclusive contract with Express Scripts. I asked that they pass along my request to use PillPack and hopefully new options will eventually be open. If this seems like a good tool for you or your receiver, you might call and see if your health carrier will work with PIllPack. Even if they don't now, with enough requests new options should be added.

For more information, www.pillpack.com or recent USA Today article.