New
Medicare Drug Benefit
From The Medicare Website:
"If you don't
sign up when you are first
eligible or by
May 15,
2006, you may pay a
penalty.
Your next opportunity to enroll
is from November 15, 2006 to
December 31, 2006."
From the
Wall Street Journal,
May 9,
2006; Page D1:
"A
penalty will continue for all
the time that you are covered by
a drug plan. It is
adjusted each year and will
presumably
rise as the national
average premium increases over
time."
(emphasis added)
Please
Call our insurance department
today, 360.675.6688 x3, if you
need help signing up for a plan
and we would be happy to help!
There is
still a lot of confusion
about which pharmacies patients
can go to, in some cases the 800
numbers on the cards that people
call and the corresponding websites are not up
to date with current pharmacy
contract information. Sometimes they
tell you Island Drug is not a
participating pharmacy, when we
in fact are.
THERE HAS NOT BEEN
ONE PLAN ISLAND DRUG HAS TURNED
DOWN TO THIS POINT.
We are
ready, willing, and able to
serve
all Medicare beneficiaries,
please stop by one of our
convenient
locations,
and we will be happy to help you
through this new benefit for
2006!
Please click here for an
alphabetical listing of the
plans we are currently
contracted with.
Island Drug has been and will
continue to be a Medicare
provider, and we will do
anything possible to help you
through this transition.
We will also provide information
in future Emails as it becomes
available. Please feel free to
contact us. |