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Pastimes
Drug Expenses
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Emcee:  Augustus Gloop Type:  Unmoderated
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43He had his guts shipped off to Duke U. Two pills would have cured it. My neighIsh-2/26/2003
42I think so. I have my days but I'm a hell of a lot better on a daily basis Augustus Gloop-2/26/2003
41I can't recall the name but that was a possibility with me as well. It was Augustus Gloop-2/26/2003
40<<The Asacol I took for chrons would have cost me 3k per year or more had Ish-2/26/2003
39Have you recovered from all the damage they did to you yet?SmoothSail-2/26/2003
38i agree with you... for the most part i think the average generally healthy perMulhollandDrive-2/26/2003
37The Asacol I took for chrons would have cost me 3k per year or more had I neededAugustus Gloop-2/26/2003
36There's some truth in what she says about having to pay those steep prices kSmoothSail-2/26/2003
35No doubt about that.Augustus Gloop-2/26/2003
34Hi, Gloop. I imagine many are covered by their insurance companies. BUT, if not,Carolyn-2/26/2003
33>>too? she has tried to talk her doctors into using the older drugs, the gMulhollandDrive-2/26/2003
32Drug benefits will bankrupt Social SecurityAugustus Gloop-2/26/2003
31<i>The other driving factor is health insurance. Since a great many peopleMulhollandDrive-2/26/2003
30I got a pm which makes it 9 people and 2133 per mo. Average so far is 237 per pAugustus Gloop-2/26/2003
29it wouldn't surprise me if +$200/month is your average.MulhollandDrive-2/26/2003
28So far we have used in the total 8 people and 1950 per month which = 243.75 per Augustus Gloop-2/26/2003
27You haven't offered to adopt me yet. I'll even wear a dog collar for thLazarus_Long-2/26/2003
26she has that additional health insurance, that covers what medicare doesn't Rainy_Day_Woman-2/26/2003
25grace z. wrote a pretty good analysis here on when it makes more sense to self iMulhollandDrive-2/26/2003
24<<The other driving factor is health insurance. Since a great many people Augustus Gloop-2/26/2003
23D**N! Will you adopt me? :-) The US has the highest prescription drug costs iLazarus_Long-2/26/2003
22I can only speak from experience but the cost of drug insurance for my folks wasSmoothSail-2/26/2003
21Amazing....it almost sounds like the Golden years are only Golden for the drug cAugustus Gloop-2/26/2003
20my Auntie spends $700.00 a month on various drugs high blood pressure, IHSS heaRainy_Day_Woman-2/26/2003
19I know it does....it just didn't work long enough for me. Thats the only thAugustus Gloop-2/26/2003
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