If you have health insurance and you're on monthly prescriptions, I highly recommend using a prescription mail order service through your insurance company. I have Blue Cross Blue Shield and their service is Prime Mail. Ask your insurance company about what they offer. My contraceptive choice is Nuva Ring. Ladies - it's great! It's worth the extra $$. But it is not offered in a generic and costs top dollar. Before my stupid insurance copays went up, I was paying $60 per refill at a drugstore = $720/year. When I found out about mail order services through my insurance company, I switched and began paying only $100 for a 3 month supply = $400/year. That's a $420 savings!! Just for one prescription.
The bummer is now that my health insurance has gone up - premiums, copays, everything - I now pay $200 for a 3 month supply. But I did ask, and if I went back to filling it at a drug store each month, my Rx would be $100 per refill! That's $1,200 a year for birth control. I'm beginning to think it's more expensive to NOT have a baby :o/
Anyway, with the new insurance fees and whatnot, I'm still saving $400 a year by using the mail ordering service. Can you imagine the savings if you're on more than one Rx?! Try it!
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