Popular Newspaper Columnists Recommend Canadian Pharmacies for “Digging Out of the Donut Hole”
Joe and Terry Graedon write the popular People’s Pharmacy column syndicated in newspapers nationwide. Here’s how the Graedons answered a recent question on Medicare Part D and Canadian pharmacies.
Q. I am about to fall into the Medicare Part D “donut hole” and would like to buy my drugs from Canada to save money for the remainder of this year. How do I know which online pharmacy to select?
A. Many senior citizens who signed up for the prescription drug benefit from Medicare are shocked when they hit the so-called donut hole. When drug expenses come to a total of $2400, patients must pay 100 percent of their medication bill. If drug expenses eventually exceed $5,451, Part D kicks in again with catastrophic coverage until the end of the year.
If you don’t think your drug expenses will get that high, you may want to consider purchasing your medicines from Canada. (These do not qualify to get you out of the donut hole, though.) Be sure that you are shopping from a legitimate Canadian online pharmacy. Fraudulent pharmacies may be doing business from other countries without the quality control we expect from Canada.
We completely agree with the Graedons — which is why we created Canadian Online Pharmacies to ensure you only purchase from licensed Canadian pharmacies.
By the way, the dollar figures in the Graedons’ answer have changed for 2009, with drug prices soaring every year. The donut hole now begins when drug expenditures total $2,700.
