http://www.seniorcorps.org/medicare/are-there-drugs-that-are-excluded-in-medicare-part-d/ Helping Seniors Help America Tue, 07 May 2013 12:05:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.seniorcorps.org/medicare/are-there-drugs-that-are-excluded-in-medicare-part-d/#comment-5379 Susan Mason Sat, 30 Apr 2011 18:39:30 +0000 http://www.seniorcorps.org/?p=642#comment-5379 You do not answer the of WHY phenobarbital is not on the formulary for medicare. Since it is not, my prescription plan (Siver Script) will not cover thisw med that I have taken for 50 years for seizures and which I cannot stop taking. This didn't use to be an expensive drug as evidenced by the fact that I was required to pay less than the co pay on this drug as compared to any other prescription. Since insurance no longer covers this the price goes up every time it is refilled. The pharmacy tells me there is only one co. making it anymore and they raised the price. Phenobarbital is the med most critical to my health. I am a senior who is being exploited. You do not answer the of WHY phenobarbital is not on the formulary for medicare. Since it is not, my prescription plan (Siver Script) will not cover thisw med that I have taken for 50 years for seizures and which I cannot stop taking.
This didn’t use to be an expensive drug as evidenced by the fact that I was required to pay less than the co pay on this drug as compared to any other prescription. Since insurance no longer covers this the price goes up every time it is refilled. The pharmacy tells me there is only one co. making it anymore and they raised the price.
Phenobarbital is the med most critical to my health.
I am a senior who is being exploited.

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