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Medicare Part D for 2010
Starting NOW you can review your 2009 drug plan to see if a plan change will improve your position for 2010. What do you need to do? Get a detailed list of your PRESCRIPTION medications together and call, fax, email, hand deliver, or mail them to us or you can also use other sources for the same assistance. Here in Butler for example the local Senior Center and Medical Lodge will run your drugs through the plan finder to see what the best plan for you will be in 2010. Another great source is your own pharmacy. Basically what we will do with that list of drugs is enter it in the Medicare Plan finder on the Medicare.gov website. That tool compares your particular drug situation to all drug plans available in your state. It scores each of the drug plans by FULL YEAR COST. This full year cost includes the plan premium, deductibles, and your cost share for your drugs all year. This is a real easy way to see if you can improve your current position.
Be sure to give the exact name and quantity of the drug. If you take a generic give the generic name. If you give someone Lasix when you really take the generic furosemide then you won't get an accurate comparison.
We will not be making outbound phone calls this year. We will depend on you to contact us if you want us to review your Part D.
That is what I put in my last newsletter. Simple. I called it Mickey Mouse because that is what Yoda called it before.
There is other stuff in the newsletter, but that is all I said about Part D. If they want to change it is up to them. I'd rather they all stayed put, but a change could mean hundreds of $$$ in savings.
Have you seen that pile of crap they send? I'd doubt 10% of the seniors find the really important information in that mess. What they should be made to do is put a colored page on top... ATTENTION: Below is a brief outline of how your coverage has changed. See pages 3-7 of our outline of coverage for more detail.
Then on that colored page have a 2009 vs 2010 comparison. Premium, copays, deductibles etc. Real easy and up front.
Starting NOW you can review your 2009 drug plan to see if a plan change will improve your position for 2010. What do you need to do? Get a detailed list of your PRESCRIPTION medications together and call, fax, email, hand deliver, or mail them to us or you can also use other sources for the same assistance. Here in Butler for example the local Senior Center and Medical Lodge will run your drugs through the plan finder to see what the best plan for you will be in 2010. Another great source is your own pharmacy. Basically what we will do with that list of drugs is enter it in the Medicare Plan finder on the Medicare.gov website. That tool compares your particular drug situation to all drug plans available in your state. It scores each of the drug plans by FULL YEAR COST. This full year cost includes the plan premium, deductibles, and your cost share for your drugs all year. This is a real easy way to see if you can improve your current position.
Be sure to give the exact name and quantity of the drug. If you take a generic give the generic name. If you give someone Lasix when you really take the generic furosemide then you won't get an accurate comparison.
We will not be making outbound phone calls this year. We will depend on you to contact us if you want us to review your Part D.
That is what I put in my last newsletter. Simple. I called it Mickey Mouse because that is what Yoda called it before.
There is other stuff in the newsletter, but that is all I said about Part D. If they want to change it is up to them. I'd rather they all stayed put, but a change could mean hundreds of $$$ in savings.
Have you seen that pile of crap they send? I'd doubt 10% of the seniors find the really important information in that mess. What they should be made to do is put a colored page on top... ATTENTION: Below is a brief outline of how your coverage has changed. See pages 3-7 of our outline of coverage for more detail.
Then on that colored page have a 2009 vs 2010 comparison. Premium, copays, deductibles etc. Real easy and up front.
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