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Saline Solution Vital to Health: Medicare Negates

MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: 2 days ago | Replies (29)
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I pay $47 and that’s with Good RX. My insurance won’t cover it as they say it should be covered by part B in Medicare for my Nebulizer. I’ve talked with Medicare and for some strange reason it’s not covered and she couldn’t explain why. I finally gave up Any suggestions would be great 😊

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Sue, Volunteer Mentor | @sueinmn | 3 days ago

@speeched100 After a lot of research a few years ago, I learned saline I covered under Part B IF it is prescribed with another drug for treatment of bronchiectasis and IF the pharmacy also handles durable medical equipment (ie nebulizers) and IF the doctor and pharmacist properly code the prescriptions. I was fortunate to meet all of the qualifications, but even so GoodRx is cheaper than the copay. It seems ridiculous, but saline costs more than my levalbuterol, budesonide, and (generic) Symbicort inhaler.

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