Slashing the high cost of prescription drugs

Life Extension, April, 2007 by William Faloon, Saul Kent

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HOW TO MAXIMIZE YOUR INSURANCE BENEFIT TO MINIMIZE YOUR OUT-OF-POCKET DRUG COSTS!

If you have medical insurance that covers most of your prescription drug costs, you may wonder whether it benefits you to transfer your prescriptions to the Life Extension Pharmacy. The answer is a resounding yes!

First of all, the Life Extension Pharmacy charges your insurance company much less than commercial pharmacies. This means that if enough people in your group switch, your annual premium increases could be reduced. If your company-funded insurance plan is teetering on the verge of insolvency (as so many are), switching to the Life Extension Pharmacy could contribute to keeping your medical insurance intact.

As an immediate benefit, you can save money on your prescription drug costs, even if you have a very low copay. Here's how:

GUIDING YOU THROUGH THE MAZE

Prescription drug insurance has become increasingly complicated and will continue to be so in the future. The Life Extension Pharmacy will help you navigate this complicated maze.

For instance, if your insurance has a multi-tier copay program, the Life Extension Pharmacy will help you to choose medications that either will be part of your insurance plan's preferred formulary or a generic equivalent, thus allowing you to move to a lower copay.

Even better is the fact that the Life Extension Pharmacy has slashed the costs of prescription drugs so low that in some cases the cost to buy the drugs outright will be lower than your insurance copay.

We can even help you with those difficult Medicare Part D questions, such as what to do when reaching the "donut hole" and having to pay full price for medication. Life Extension Pharmacy prices are so low on most drugs that the savings will be passed on to your Medicare Part D insurer, thus reducing your annual out-of-pocket expense.

We encourage you to make a simple phone call to transfer all of your prescriptions to Life Extension Pharmacy today, so that you can take advantage of this low-price benefit. Having your prescriptions filled at Life Extension Pharmacy gives you the opportunity to take advantage of our free drug-cost safety benefit review, which further helps maximize your insurance benefit and minimize your out-of-pocket expense.

What could be better than slashing the high cost of prescription drugs while enjoying the kind of personalized professionalism that customers deserve and that can only be found at the Life Extension Pharmacy?