NWROh while I have the thought ...NYC TEACHERS..

TheMrandMrsof2008 Posted: Dec 29, 2006 11:26 PM

NWROh while I have the thought ...NYC TEACHERS..

When you fill your perscriptions do you use a special welfare fund card or what? I am not sure what to do. I kept calling for my welfare fund card is that what I need?

DavaDay Posted: Dec 30, 2006 01:33 AM

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Yeah, you should have the prescription card, and take it to any pharmacy, they all accept it. BUT if you're filling a prescription for a maintenance medication (one you take every month, like Birth Control pills) they really make you jump through hoops. You have to get 3 months' worth at a time, and they're more expensive if you buy them through a pharmacy - the company wants you to get it through them in the mail, which is easy enough once you've enrolled, but enrolling is annoying.

TheMrandMrsof2008 Posted: Dec 30, 2006 07:06 AM

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So I can take my Express Scripts card to the pharmacy in order to fill antibiotics or things I need qucikly?

If only I could find my BC slip my dr. wrote out....

jenn122397 Posted: Dec 30, 2006 09:48 AM

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i had a problem with mione - they sent me liek 4 different cards - i had to re-fill my uft welfare info.
they coiver everything - even my BC is covered - but they dont make me go get it every 3 months i get it every month

TheMrandMrsof2008 Posted: Dec 30, 2006 10:02 AM

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I am just wondering if I can take my express scripts card to the pharmacy or if I need another special card to use at the local cvs...

Summer842 Posted: Dec 30, 2006 10:42 AM

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Posted by HAPPYTOBREATHE

I am just wondering if I can take my express scripts card to the pharmacy or if I need another special card to use at the local cvs...

I think you use the express scripts card just when you are mailing away for like a 3 month prescription. I also have a white UFT welfare fund prescription card that says NPA on it. I use that when going to a pharmacy.

petunia77 Posted: Dec 30, 2006 11:09 AM

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also, there are some pharmacies that will fill your 3 month prescription with the single copay so you don't have to mail it in.

Nikki24591 Posted: Dec 30, 2006 11:10 AM

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I use my express scripts card at CVS. They do make you take 3 refills at once of drugs you normally take like BC. If you have anitbiodics they have no problem filling them.