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pinboy3niner

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4. Could your cost be affected by unmet deductible?

Reply to Silver Gaia (Original post)

Thu Feb 7, 2013, 10:02 AM

Feb 2013

Pharmacy Deductible and CAT Cap

When you buy your medicine at a participating pharmacy (that is, one that accepts CHAMPVA assignment) and you have no other health insurance with pharmacy benefits, you pay at a reduced rate as allowed by the VA. But you must also meet any unsatisfied deductible. The annual outpatient deductible is $50 per person and $100 per family under CHAMPVA.

Once you have met the deductible, the VA will share in your costs at the reduced rate. It will pay 75% of the allowable and you pay 25%.

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http://champvabenefits.com/pharmacy-deductible-catastrophic-cap/

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Anybody here know why my CHAMPVA co-pay went up? [View all] Silver Gaia Feb 2013 OP

Tricare announced the change and increase in copays. nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #1

That's good info, but what I have is called CHAMPVA. It is not the same as CHAMPUS. Silver Gaia Feb 2013 #2

I can find NOTHING about co-pays going up on CHAMPVA anywhere on the net. Silver Gaia Feb 2013 #3

Could your cost be affected by unmet deductible? pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #4

That's what I thought at first. Silver Gaia Feb 2013 #5