Pleasant surprise at Pharmacy

[Richard Harrow]

I got a letter from the Teamsters telling me not to use Walgreens. Walgreens terminated its package delivery contract with UPS .

That would be welcome news if I were still a split driver and covering a route that has a Walgreens. They took forever to answer their receiving door, then you had to wait another 5 minutes for the manager, then they have the gall to tell me "you HAVE to go to pharmacy to pick something up". I'm all like

 

[ManInBrown]

How are you filling it at a retail location if it's a maintenance medication? The new plan calls for all maintenance meds to be filled thru mail or after the second time it's 50% cost of the med

 

[CajunInTexas]

Since you go to walgreens, I wouldn't be surprised if it doesn't go up in next couple months. For maintenance drugs, you get a couple months at $5, then goes to 20% I think. Go to mail order with Caremark and itwwill be free. Even better.

This is very important - $5 for two months, third month gets very expensive. Get doc to call in/write a new RX for 90 day supply. You can use mail order or use a CVS pharmacy for the mail order benefit without waiting on the mail.

My wife has a couple of maintenance drugs that previously were $200 copay for a 90 day supply by mail. This month when she picked them up they were free.

 

[Catatonic]

My wife has a prescription she's been on for 10 years. Each month it's $74.75. I went to pick it up yesterday and it was $5. I checked and double checked that it was the right stuff, and it was indeed. I hope this is an unexpected improvement from the Healthcare changes. I guess I'll find out next month when i see if it's 5 bucks again or the regular $74.75 again.
I'm still pretty skeptical that the Walgreen's just made an error in my favor.


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Why do you hate the Union?
You are just a Hoffa **** sucker.

 

[Old International]

Same thing. CVS is caremark, so they will honor the mail price.
I just walked out of CVS with 400+ dollars of drugs for free. That's right, nada,nothing, the big zero.....

 

[Catatonic]

Y'all are just a bunch of brown-nosing Hoffers!
Real men hate Teamcare!

 

[40 and out]

I guess I had it good here. Filled hundreds of prescriptions over the years and paid NOTHING. UPS plan-so Teamcare is worse at least for prescriptions. Doctors cost $10 instead of 20% of Aetna negotiated rate so so far Teamcare has cost about the same.

 

[Overpaid Union Thug]

What is a "maintenance drug?"

 

[BrownChoice]

What is a "maintenance drug?"

Any drug taken long term, apparently more than "2 months "

 

[Overpaid Union Thug]

Any drug taken long term, apparently more than "2 months "

Looks like we'll save a cool $4.00/month on birth control.

 

[UPSGUY72]

In my area are health care has always been through the union and if we get maintenance medication we get them through express script it cheaper like 3 months for the price of two at a regular pharmacy.

 

[Jackburton]

Looks like we'll save a cool $4.00/month on birth control.

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[Harry Manback]

My wife has a prescription she's been on for 10 years. Each month it's $74.75. I went to pick it up yesterday and it was $5. I checked and double checked that it was the right stuff, and it was indeed. I hope this is an unexpected improvement from the Healthcare changes. I guess I'll find out next month when i see if it's 5 bucks again or the regular $74.75 again.
I'm still pretty skeptical that the Walgreen's just made an error in my favor.


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Gall dang free TeamCare, ruining people's lives and what not.

Next thing ya know, they're gonna be expecting you to show up and punch in at least once a week.


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[Jackburton]

Gall dang free TeamCare, ruining people's lives and what not.

Next thing ya know, they're gonna be expecting you to show up and punch in at least once a week.


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Whoa whoa, you mean I can't take 4-5 weeks of no pays and show up once a month to do safety time for 10 mins and keep my benifits?

 

[gorilla75jdw]

I to have a couple of prescription meds that are now five bucks or even free . I also had to do a double and triple check as to why they were not the usual 150$ .

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[Wally]

Better stock up now before this contract ends and we lose paid prescription.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

I got a letter from the Teamsters telling me not to use Walgreens. Walgreens terminated its package delivery contract with UPS .

They probably got pissed that we wouldn't wait for them to take their time opening the back door.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

They probably got pissed that we wouldn't wait for them to take their time opening the back door.

Ive dated that girl,before

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Same thing. CVS is caremark, so they will honor the mail price.
I just walked out of CVS with 400+ dollars of drugs for free. That's right, nada,nothing, the big zero.....

Were you wearing a mask and packing heat?