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My wife's neurologist ordered this prescription: "Rivastigmine Transdermal System (24 hour patch) each system delivers 4.6 mg/24 hours Rx only Cash (List Price): $479.85 Patient Pay (including discount card, e.g. Good Rx, etc.): $71.27 "  WOW!   I'm speechless. We give Walmart Pharmacy a 5 out of 5. There's one small glitch however.  A few days before the monthly prescription ran out, we received a text message from Walmart. "Do you want us to refill your prescription?" YES "Do you want us to refill your prescription automatically each month?" YES "We will text message you when your prescription is ready to be picked up." That didn't happen. I checked Walmart Pharmacy's website. It showed that the prescription was ready for pickup. I mentioned this to Walmart's clerk when I picked up the prescription. She said that they were having to call people 7 days after their prescriptions were filled to come pick up their prescripti...

In three months we've paid Labcorp alone nearly a thousand dollars. Medicare paid next to nothing. Our UnitedHealth/AARP supplemental health insurance paid ZERO . Then there's prescriptions, whopping increases in  UnitedHealth/AARP supplemental health  insurance premium payments (the GALL !), etc. The cost of medical care in the US is OUTRAGEOUS ! Of course, I'll keep paying for Jenny's medical expenses--until my last dime. This year we'll be celebrating our 59th wedding anniversary.  I just wonder how soon we'll be spending our last dime. 😠

https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html   furnished by Rachael Bell Lite, Sales Counselor, Westminster Canterbury Shenandoah Valley, Winchester, VA. 

  "Data shows that 77 percent of adults 50 and older want to remain in their homes for the long term — a number that has been consistent for more than a decade." https://www.aarp.org/home-family/your-home/info-2021/home-and-community-preferences-survey.html no surprise here.  https://www.flickr.com/photos/164316313@N02/27999711698 attribution: Stannah International and flickr https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en

You've seen the TV commercials. Dementia is a cruel disease. For many it's the ultimate marriage buster. One partner ends up living in a memory care center and the other partner lives alone. How's that for cruelty? Neither the government, nor the medical field, nor the private sector, nor religion has the answer.  Please don't take my sunshine away. https://youtu.be/dh7LJDHFaqA?si=45PwTmZeKTy2IORG You are my sunshine, my only sunshine. You make me happy when skies are grey. You'll never know, dear how much I love you. Please don't take  my sunshine away.   https://www.flickr.com/photos/zedzap/8214495579/ attribution: Nick Kenrick and flickr https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en

https://www.psychreg.org/how-dementia-impacts-brain-cognitive-function/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/118316968@N08/19444505382   attribution: Kalvicio de jas Nieve and flickr https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/