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To: skinowski who wrote (148790)	11/26/2005 11:39:54 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793955

Generally, I think that Medicare Part "D" - the drug coverage plan - could have been designed to have a much lower price tag. What do you have in mind?

To: skinowski who wrote (148790)	11/26/2005 2:04:30 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793955

I see that "donut hole" being closed by Medicare HMO plans. Maybe that was the design - to get HMO's to contribute. When I got my 06 manual from Kaiser, they started by explaining their personal plan. The doughnut hole blew my mind. Then my medicare section was extremely simple. $10 copay for a generic, $40 for a brand, no deductable. So it is obviously designed for an HMO. Which is fine, we need to get rid of single coverage or it will take over the entire budget. I will have an interesting case with my only expensive drug, the weight reduction one, Orlistat. I paid $145 for the last 30 day prescription, and was going to give it up. Now it looks like I will get a 90 day supply for a double co-pay of $80 by using mail order. That's under $27 for a 30 day supply, a saving of $118 a month. At that price, I will stay on it.