Need a Christmas/birthday/anniversary gift idea for someone who is on medicare and often gets prescriptions? Get them a gift card to their pharmacy. I work in a pharmacy, and once someone hits the gap each year, they often go without filling important prescriptions. If you give them a gift card for their pharmacy or a prepaid visa, they can use that to pay their copay on something they may otherwise go without.
Don't assume they won't appreciate it because "they have money". I will give you an example. A woman who had a normal copay of $42 on her monthly insulin hit the gap. Her copay jumped to $582. Medicines are costly. For some to go without important medications, it can severely endanger their health.
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This is excellent as I live on a very tight budget it sometimes is hard to come up with those unexpected copay.
This is an excellent tip. Thanks for posting.
Excellent idea...prescription drugs are expensive for everyone and for those persons on fixed income, it is difficult to manage the purchase of prescriptions and other expenses. This gift idea is a gift of compassion and meeting a need in one's life that holds health and wellness in the gift toward the person receiving it.
For those that don't have many prescriptions, a good idea is a gift card or certificate to the local grocery store or Dollar store
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