Rx Coupons (Where are they this week?)

$25 incentive to transfer Rx expirations leaps to Feb. 29

2012-01-29T13:50:00.000-05:00

The expiration date of the widely advertised Rx transfer incentive has been extended from Jan. 31 to leap day -- Feb. 29, 2012. That's according to the fine print (very small) at the top of the Kroger ad that just landed on my front porch.

In the green background, it says "We accept most major insurance plans, including EXPRESS SCRIPTS!" And then in a red burst to the right (covered up by fold-over), it says "Transfer a prescription, get $25 FREE Groceries!*" Then the asterisk goes to lots of small print -- the most interesting of which has to do with the new extended deadline -- the end of next month.

Reminder, as noted in previous posts, other pharmacies in the Columbus, Ohio, area are matching this offer (as long as you rip a copy of the ad off the top of a Kroger flyer ... or the top right of The Columbus Dispatch when they frequently buy that space to mention the $25 incentive).

Among those who will accept these:
-- Giant Eagle
-- CVS

If you get any grief, please let me know which location and pharmacist it was and when (date/time) by writing to RxCoupons@Gmail.com. Also, if you go to Kroger and they try to tell you that you're limited to one a day or one per person or one per household or 3 per life, I'd like to hear about that as well.

Thanks,
-Tom

$25 incentive to transfer Rx by Jan. 31 to Kroger, Giant Eagle

2012-01-20T07:50:00.002-05:00

As mentioned in previous post, Kroger continues to advertise on the top right of The Columbus Dispatch they're promotion to give you $25 in Rx Rewards for each prescription you transfer to them by Jan. 31, 2012.

For about the past month, I haven't seen any large ads in the Dispatch where they'd usually list a coupon you could clip out. But they are listing it across the bottom of their weekly sales flyer this week again -- it's in the red starburst off to the right of the flourescent green section that says "We accept most major insurance plans, including EXPRESS SCRIPTS!" (Lots of very small fine print below it about limitations/restrictions and how you need to ask pharmacist for the rest of the unadvertised limits per customer per life on Rx Rewards.)

Kroger is also advertising the $25 incentive to transfer prescriptions on the radio (heard it this week).

Friends have told me that Kroger is not requiring people to bring in a coupon during this promotion. Just mention it when you are dropping off the prescriptions to be transferred and make sure you pin them down on whether there are any restrictions/limitations -- can you transfer 4 and get $100? can you pick up all 4 on one day? or, like their written policy adopted a few years ago, do they make you pick them up one day at a time if you want to get $25 for each?

Giant Eagle will also accept these ... but with the one-a-day limit on coupons (theirs or a competitor's). And some pharmacists may OK you mentioning the Kroger offer without bringing in the top of the Dispatch or the bottom of the Kroger flyer. But make sure you bring one or the other to make sure you don't have any problems.

$25 incentive to transfer extended to end of January

2012-01-17T14:34:00.002-05:00

As mentioned in previous post, Kroger continues to advertise on the top right of The Columbus Dispatch they're promotion to give you $25 in Rx Rewards for each prescription you transfer to them by Jan. 31, 2012.

For about the past month, I haven't seen any large ads in the Dispatch where they'd usually list a coupon you could clip out. But they are listing it across the bottom of their weekly sales flyer this week again -- it's in the red starburst off to the right of the flourescent green section that says "We accept most major insurance plans, including EXPRESS SCRIPTS!"

Friends have told me that Kroger is not requiring people to bring in a coupon during this promotion. Just mention it when you are dropping off the prescriptions to be transferred and make sure you pin them down on whether there are any restrictions/limitations -- can you transfer 4 and get $100? can you pick up all 4 on one day? or, like their written policy adopted a few years ago, do they make you pick them up one day at a time if you want to get $25 for each?

Giant Eagle will also accept these ... but with the one-a-day limit on coupons (theirs or a competitor's). And some pharmacists may OK you mentioning the Kroger offer without bringing in the top of the Dispatch or the bottom of the Kroger flyer.

$25 incentive to transfer extended to Jan. 31, 2012

2012-01-08T23:09:00.004-05:00

On the top right of the front page of The Columbus Dispatch today (Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012), Kroger ran another ad mentioning their offer to give $25 in Rx Rewards (towards groceries and other items at their stores) for each prescription transferred to them from a competitor.

Similar ads appeared on the front page of the same paper three other days last week. No coupon was run. But you can simply mention the ad and the pharmacy at Kroger should honor it. Giant Eagle (at least the one at Sawmill and Bethel) may still honor you mentioning Kroger's offer -- and match it.es or list of drugs (with Rx #s and the name and phone number of where you're transferring your medications from).

This extends to Jan. 31, 2012, the offer that originally was listed as expiring at the end of November ... and later listed as ending at end of December.

It might help to rip the ad off the front page of the paper and take it with you as sort of a "coupon" to Giant Eagle ... or anywhere else you might ask to accept it / match it -- such as CVS or Meijer.

The Kroger weekly sales flyer this week in the Columbus, OH, area has a pharmacy ad at bottom with green highlight about "We accept major insurance plans, including EXPRESS SCRIPTS!" and a red splash that mentions "Transfer a prescription, get $25 FREE Groceries!" with lots of fine print details including "Additional restrictions and limits apply. See pharmacy for details."

What's with the blitz about EXPRESS SCRIPTS?

You may have noticed the blitz by CVS and Target and Meijer and other pharmacies touting that they accept EXPRESS SCRIPTS -- a prescription benefits company that has lowered what it pays pharmacies so much that Walgreens wisely refused to keep accepting their insurance at the start of 2012. Unlike other things sold at stores, pharmacies do not make a percentage of what you pay or what you pay plus what your health plan's prescription benefit pays. Most of what they are paid is a set dispensing fee per bottle filled. It varies widely -- I've heard of $1 to $2 -- but this latest absurdity of Express Scripts (which prefers to have as few retail competitors as possible so its clients will mail in orders to their mail-order pharmacy).

Expressing displeasure with "Express Scripts" ...

By the way, Express Scripts is the worst pharmacy -- mail-order or otherwise -- that I've ever dealt with. My first displeasure to try them was in the past month. It has taken 3 weeks so far to not get me drugs while they harass my doc about changes they want to make to prescriptions -- demanding an answer of "Deny" for a second one rather than just understand that as a given when they were sent back one that said "Accept" substitution when they sent her two requests. And, even if she sends back the faxed form with "Deny" marked, the next time I mail in a prescription from her for the same drug on their "block and try to switch" list, they'll do the same thing again ... unless she writes "DAW" (Dispense As Written) on there.

Most annoying is that during the 2-week delay, it just shows on their Express-Scripts.com website that it's "Processing." And the Details give no details about which one or two or more are holding up all the rest. Yep, the won't send any until they hear back from the doc about all of them. Absurd! The useless Tier 1 "customer service" reps at Express Scripts who answer your calls aren't allowed to tell you anything except try to placate you with b.s. -- "It looks like everything is going fine. It sometimes takes two or three weeks to fully process an order."

TIP: Besides escaping the voice tree maze/jail with a "zero" (0) followed by a (1), don't waste too much time with that first human voice on the phone. Ask for a supervisor and ask for specifics about which drugs in the order are on the "stop list" and what date things were sent to your physician to request an OK to substitute a different brand or drug or even dosage -- often moving toward a drug manufacturer that they have "agreements" with (maybe getting some kickbacks or better deals -- like with AccuCheck and OneTouch over Bayer's Contour for glucose test strips and lancets -- or where they are trying to punish a big company like Bayer on glucose test sales to extort a better price on other medications where only brand names are available ... or are very popular with physicians).

Unfortunately, many companies and institutions -- including Ohio State University -- have moved from Medco Health and other prescription benefit providers to Express Scripts at the promise of reducing the cost they pay for prescriptions. The way they do this is increasingly squeeze customers so they have fewer choices -- fewer convenient and high-quality places they can go for care and prescriptions and fewer prescriptions that are included on the formulary. Even things as minor as the brand of of glucose testing strips or lancets that will be covered at a 30% co-pay vs. a 50% co-pay is being implemented. So, if I don't want to pay almost double for testing strips, I need to buy new glucose test units and use strips that require a blood sample almost twice as big -- and that requires a deeper/wider puncture that hurts more than twice as much! ;-)

This year, they have started sending confusing letters -- on their own stationery and that of employers -- that say you have to get all of your maintenance prescriptions from Express Scripts "home delivery" service or else you won't qualify for "special value price" on certain medications. Now you have to know that the special value price is only

Rx coupon worth $25 In The Columbus Dispatch today, page A6

2011-12-03T05:40:00.001-05:00

$25 value for TRANSFER of prescription.

Same as coupon described in last blog entry. Half-page advertisement by Kroger Pharmacy with coupon at the bottom.

It expires Dec. 31, 2011. If you don't get the Dispatch and don't get a copy at the newsstand before they sell out or the day is over, you may be able to have the offer met without a coupon -- at least at Kroger and maybe at Giant Eagle (or some of them). Kroger has been advertising the "We make prescription transfers easy" for the past month on billboards, television ads, and radio ads as they go after the Express Scripts members whose insurance coverage for Rx will no longer be welcome at Walgreens after Dec. 31 (Walgreens wouldn't accept the low-ball reimbursement rates of Express Scripts for the upcoming year).

As I've mentioned before, these coupons (and most competitor coupons) are accepted by Giant Eagle, CVS, and Meijer.

For details and limitations, see the fine print at the bottom of the coupon (there's always a lot at the bottom of a Kroger Rx coupon).

Rx coupon ($25 value) good through Dec. 31 in The Columbus Dispatch today (Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011)

2011-11-26T05:29:00.001-05:00

Find this coupon in
The Columbus Dispatch,
Saturday, Nov. 26, 2012;
Section A, Page 8.

With the Kroger coupon in The Columbus Dispatch today (Nov. 26, 2011) on page A8, your prescription transfer is worth:

$25 gift card at CVS (bring as many coupons as you have prescriptions to transfer; no daily limit or other limits).
$25 in free groceries at Kroger (credited to your Kroger PlusCard; they usually have strict limits -- one per day and a "lifetime" limit after 5 to 10; however, with Walgreens Express Scripts customers having to find a new pharmacy starting in January 2012, they seem to be relaxing those constraints a bit for now).
$25 gift card at Giant Eagle (limit of one Rx coupon per day; but you can transfer multiple ones -- let's say 5 -- and then pick them up one per day over 5 to 10 days ... each one with a coupon ... except those that are part of the $4 generics program or free antibiotics program).

The other pharmacies take the Kroger coupons (and any other local competitor's coupons) because they offer to match any competitor's offer. This is detailed at http://matrix.Rx4Less.net .

This is the first coupon I've seen from Kroger in Columbus, Ohio, area that expires Dec. 31, 2011 (rather than Nov. 30, 2011).

Another $25 Rx coupon in Dispatch today (Page A5)

2011-11-19T04:39:00.001-05:00

Same as coupon mentioned two days ago (below):

$25 Rx coupon in Thursday Dispatch (good at Kroger, Giant Eagle & CVS)

$25 in FREE GROCERIES
when you transfer
and fill a prescription
(valid through Nov. 30, 2011) .

Kroger ad appears in The Columbus Dispatch today (Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011) in A section on Page A5.

This is also accepted by Giant Eagle and CVS (at least at locations in Columbus, Ohio, area). Kroger will put this credit on your Kroger Plus Card. Giant Eagle and CVS will provide gift card. For more details on which pharmacies accept competitor coupons and give you the least hassle or limitations (or most hassle/limitations), see http://matrix.Rx4Less.net.

If you have more prescriptions to transfer than you have coupons, ask the pharmacist at Kroger or Giant Eagle if they will honor this special without a separate coupon for each. Some of their pharmacists have indicated they will do so (especially because Kroger is advertising the offer on bulletin boards and at the top right of The Dispatch on days there is no coupon included in the paper). For the rest of this year and through January, expect to see more Rx coupons and stores being more open to taking more than one a day (at least at some Kroger locations; Giant Eagle is sticking with one a day -- even of their own).

For those of you who are Express Scripts customers who were using Walgreens but won't be able to do so any more starting in January, see suggestions for finding a new Rx home (and getting some incentives to shop around) from earlier blog entry:

Nov. 15

$25 Rx coupon in Thursday Dispatch (good at Kroger, Giant Eagle & CVS)

2011-11-17T11:10:00.001-05:00

$25 in FREE GROCERIES when you transfer and fill a prescription (valid through Nov. 30, 2011).

Kroger ad appears in The Columbus Dispatch today (Nov. 17, 2011) on Page B3.

This is also accepted by Giant Eagle and CVS (at least at locations in Columbus, Ohio, area). Kroger will put this credit on your Kroger Plus Card. Giant Eagle and CVS will provide gift card.

$25 to transfer Rx to Kroger or Giant Eagle (without coupon)

2011-11-15T16:39:00.001-05:00

It's back!

What's better than an Rx coupon that gives you free groceries, a free gift card, or some other incentive for transferring your prescription?
--> An incentive where no coupon is even required. Just mention the advertised deal when you are asking to have a prescription transferred and filled.

[Kroger is advertising the deal in Columbus, Ohio, but Giant Eagle stores in the area will match it! If your pharmacist won't, ask her/him to contact their Pharmacy District Manager who told me today that they would match the offer -- without a coupon.]

This week, Kroger brought back their "no coupon needed" incentive for you to transfer prescriptions from competitors (especially Walgreens -- which on Jan. 1, 2012, will no longer honor Rx insurance from Express Scripts or Medco Health which is merging with Express Scripts).

The top right of the front page of The Columbus Dispatch on Monday, Nov. 14, 2011, featured a Kroger ad that said you can get $25 in FREE GROCERIES when you transfer and fill a prescription at a Kroger Pharmacy (See store for details).

A similar message recently began appearing on billboards in the area -- as shown at right (this one on an electronic board on Henderson Road). Fine print mentions "Limited time offer. Limitations apply."

Before the return of the "no coupon required" advertising on Monday, there were two full-page ads by Kroger in The Columbus Dispatch that did feature coupons. So, if you prefer to transfer your prescriptions to some place more likely to want you to hand them a competitor's coupon for them to match (like CVS -- yes, they will match competitor Rx coupons), get ahold of a paper from either:

Sunday, Nov. 13, 2011 (back page of A section); usually available throughout the week at Giant Eagle locations and many bookstores. (Don't bother looking at the one on Sawmill at Bethel; I bought the last 5 they had this morning. Sorry.)
Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011 (back page of A section); shown below.

The advertisement in The Columbus Dispatch (on back of A section last week -- on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011) mentions:

ALERT! Your insurance plan may force you to change pharmacies!
If your pharmacy can no longer accept your prescription insurance, Kroger is here to help.
We accept thousands of insurance plans.

More Rx coupons are likely to turn up during November, December and January from many pharmacies as they vie to take away the biggest share of customers from Walgreens -- especially in areas where Walgreens has a larger presence than they do in Columbus.

If you are a Walgreen's customer and are moving all of your prescriptions, you may want to do so gradually or try out a few different pharmacies -- perhaps split them up between CVS, Giant Eagle and Kroger ... but be sure you take your entire list of medications (prescription and over-the-counter) to each pharmacy so they can watch out for dangerous interactions as your doctors prescribe new meds later.

If you've been a faithful Walgreens customer who is becoming a "free agent," make sure you get some sort of "gift" -- gift card, free groceries, and/or discount on gas -- for giving a new pharmacy a chance to impress you (or not).

Many in the area will be vying for your patronage. And they may make exceptions to their usual "daily limit" or "lifetime limit." CVS (most locations) do not impose a limit. Giant Eagle and Kroger both have had a "one a day limit" (at least in the past). Kroger will sometimes impose a "lifetime limit" -- banning people from receiving any further Rx transfer credits on their KrogerPlus Card ever again (ask for a written copy of their current policy -- as they agreed to make available after the Better Business Bureau helped mediate consumer complaints. Giant Eagle, although they will only let you use one Rx coupon per day, is fine if you want to transfer 5 prescriptions all at once and then pick up those prescriptions in 5 separate visits over 5 to 9 days.

How do you get your "free groceries"?

At Kroger, the $25 is added to your KrogerPlus Card (that lets them track how many times you get Rx Rewards so they can cut you off some day if you hit their arbitrary lifetime limit; or you just annoy them or whatever).
At Giant Eagle, they'll give you gift cards -- one $20 one and one $5 one probably (they have pre-printed Rx gift cards in those denominations).
At CVS, they'll give you a $25 gift card. (If you're redeeming more than one coupon at a time, some pharmacists/techs will be able to put the multiple $25 amounts on a single card.)

NOTE: Don't waste your time going to Kmart or Target with this coupon. They no longer accept competitor coupons (Target has been that way for quite a while now; Kmart just recently changed their stance). Kmart has also not published any of their own coupons in the Columbus area for a long time. And it's almost as bad as the pharmacy at Meijer in terms of awful customer service ... plus they are open very limited hours (close at 7 each night) and not open at all on Sunday.

TIPS:

In case you're having to shop around because of changes in whether your favorite pharmacy will still accept your Rx insurance, let me share some tips with you that may be helpful.

I've tried many pharmacies (all listed at http://matrix.Rx4Less.net ) and have been happiest with these pharmacies in Columbus area:

CVS (especially the one on Henderson Road) and
Giant Eagle (especially the one on Powell Road and the one at corner of Sawmill Road and Bethel Road).

What makes them better?

It's not just that these have been the best about being friendly and professional about my need to transfer prescriptions back and forth frequently -- to allow me to use Rx coupons (to help me afford the $2,000+ I spend on Rx co-pays annually ... which I know will go up to at least $2,500 in 2012 with Rx plan changes).

It's also because most of the pharmacists who work there most often are among the most customer-friendly ones I have encountered and they are especially friendly, helpful and knowledgeable -- always willing to take time to patiently go over questions about medications and cheaper, equally-effective options that might exist that can be brought up with my physician. Also, most of the pharmacy interns and pharmacy techs who work there better measure up to high standards of customer service -- more so than any Kroger or Meijer pharmacy I ever visited.

Another thing to keep in mind is that you shouldn't judge a pharmacy by its brand name. My favorite pharmacy changed from being Target on Sawmill to the Giant Eagle on Powell Road when my favorite pharmacist moved there to be manager. Although two of my favorite pharmacists were at the same CVS near my home, one left about 6 months ago and the other is retiring this month. There's another CVS even closer to my home but I've had bad experiences with some rude pharmacy staff there. So it's worth driving further to a location where I know I'll be treated better. With Giant Eagle, I tried the Market District location's pharmacy while I was shopping there more often right after its newly-remodeled store opened. But their pharmacy interns and techs (and some pharmacists) were not very good at customer service (unfortunately, the type of people who make good pharmacists don't always have the best people skills). So try multiple brands to see which you like best for policy and how quickly they can help you (how long the wait; how overworked their staff) and whether you find their pharmacists to be friendly, helpful and knowledgeable (or whether they mostly just have young faces in those white coats -- faces that change almost as often as you bring in a new prescription ... which could mean it's a "burn 'em & churn 'em" operation that's trying to keep costs down and pay low wages and run off the more experienced pharmacists who would make more and know more).

Hope you found something helpful.

-Tom

Questions?
Corrections?
Updates?

You can reach me at:

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Unlimited Rx transfers allowed in Ohio again (started June 16)

2011-06-24T23:36:00.000-04:00

The same group that enacted a new rule in Ohio that forbid pharmacists to transfer a prescription more than one time reversed themselves earlier this month by voting to change the language of the rule about Rx transfers back to what it was before Jan. 1, 2011 when the limit was enacted.

As of June 16, 2011, Ohio residents can again transfer their prescriptions (most of them) as often as they need to or want to. The only exception are controlled substances (narcotics) which are mandated to a one-transfer limit by federal rules.

For details, see Freedom2Transfer.com .

And keep a look out for a lot more Rx coupons to show up soon.

Keep in mind many pharmacies accept coupons from competitors as listed at http://matrix.Rx4Less.net .

Kmart: Up to $110 in gift cards -- Up to $20 gift card for each TRANSFER (up to 5 prescriptions; one coupon for all 5); $10 gift card with NEW prescription

2011-04-10T13:45:00.002-04:00

In this week's Kmart sales flyer (in the ad bag that arrived today on my door step and in the Columbus Dispatch and available near the Customer Service counter when you enter Kmart), there are two great coupons to help you save on Rx purchases:

-- Get up to $20 on each TRANSFERRED prescription (up to 5 for a total of $100). If the total cost of your prescription (your co-pay plus the amount your insurance pays) is less than $20, then they give you a gift card equal to that total amount you would have paid if you had to pay cash (had no insurance). Expires April 30.

-- Get a $10 gift card with the purchase of a NEW prescription. Expires May 7.

Who else accepts these?
--> CVS, Giant Eagle (limit one per day; even on the coupon that says "up to 5"); Kroger (limit 2 to 3 per lifetime ... or whenever they decide to blacklist you); Meijer might take competitive coupons (not sure because the service I got there 4 years ago was so bad I never went back).

Details: See the competitor coupon acceptance matrix at http://matrix.Rx4Less.net.

Coupon is on the back of the sales flyer's half-sheet wrap-around.

Target: $10 gift card for NEW or Transferred Rx

2011-03-17T03:40:00.000-04:00

In the Target sales flyer this week, there is a coupon on the inside of the back page.

It's the usual incentive to bring a NEW or transferred prescription to Target for a $10 gift card (regardless of the amount of your co-pay or even if there is none as long as it's not the government paying for the drug).

Expires: March 28.

REMINDER: Most CVS, Giant Eagle, Rite Aid, and Kroger locations will also accept these "competitor coupons" and give you a $10 gift card or something similar. To see which ones give you least/most hassle, go to http://matrix.Rx4Less.net.

OHIO residents: Remember that the Ohio State Board of Pharmacy enacted a new rule on Jan. 1, 2011, that limits your ability to transfer a prescription (any prescription) to just ONCE. So, if you have something with 11 refills and use a NEW prescription coupon on it at Target and then a TRANSFER coupon to take it to CVS, you won't be able to move it again. You could, however, ask your doctor to write 2 or 3 prescriptions for a single drug -- each with fewer refills. Each script/paper could be transferred once. Just be sure to submit them before the 6-month limit is reached and they expire earlier than they usually would (a year after written).

Kmart: Up to $100 for 5 transfers

2011-03-17T03:35:00.000-04:00

Sorry I didn't mention this sooner -- like last week when it first showed up in the Sunday newspaper.

The sales flyer that was in Kmart stores through Saturday had a wrap-around half sheet that on the back had a coupon for Rx transfers.

Bring up to 5 for up to a $20 gift card each. Also, for each transfer, a $5 donation would be made to March of Dimes.

The amount you receive is $20 or the total of whatever you paid as a co-pay plus the amount your insurance paid, if anything. For example, your co-pay is $5 and the insurance paid $7. You get a $12 gift card for that one rather than a $20 one. But if you pay $5 and your insurance paid $80, you get the full $20 gift card.

Although these aren't in the stores any more, check with your local friendly Kmart pharmacist. She/he may have saved a few behind the counter or even made copies of them that they're willing to accept -- if you ask nice. ;-)

OHIO residents: New rule starts Jan. 1, 2011 to prevent more than one Rx transfer

2010-12-27T23:08:00.000-05:00

You can thank the Ohio State Board of Pharmacy (and those who lobbied them for the change they are putting into effect) for making a new rule effective Jan. 1, 2011 that makes it so Ohio residents can:

NO LONGER transfer a prescription more than ONE time.

Here's how you reach them:

Email: exec@bop.ohio.gov

Call: (614) 466-4143

TTY/TDD Ohio Relay Service: 1-800-750-0750

Fax: (614) 752-4836

Write:

William T. Winsley, Executive Director, Ohio State Board of Pharmacy

77 South High Street, Room 1702
Columbus, OH 43215-6126

Although the intent may have been two-fold by those who lobbied for this change:

Reduce the number of transfers of prescriptions (as encouraged by Rx coupons commonly available in competitive markets such as Columbus); and to
reduce competition from stores that don't have both a NATIONAL (not just regional presence) and online, sharable, real-time prescription database.

There are many other ways people are negatively impacted.

ELDERLY who move to Florida or other warmer areas for the winter (after getting their prescriptions in teh summer) need to be able to transfer them TWICE -- once to move from the pharmacy most convenient to them here in Ohio and then again when Spring arrives and they return to Ohio. Often these are NOT the same pharmacy (Kmart or Joe's Pharmacy may be most convenient here in Ohio while they use Rite Aid or some other place in Florida or Arizona or wherever). In order to have it filled in Ohio again, they will have to have their doctor write a new prescription (which often requires they make a new visit and pay a new co-pay). A work-around for the future would require that the elderly ask their doctor for TWO scripts for every prescription -- one to keep on file for when they come back in Spring and the other to use for the first few months and then transfer with them when they become "snowbirds." Or else they can give in to being nudged into using the same pharmacy company in both/all locations (something with a national presence ... or at least both/all regions where they visit ... and that have the online, sharable, real-time prescription database as required in the law to allow transfers between stores of the same brand such as CVS after the first transfer is made).
Those who go to the pharmacy closest to their doctor/hospital at first and then move it to a pharmacy closer to their home but later in the year move location. to a different location ... or WANT to move to another pharmacy because they're not happy at that store can NOT do so any more because of this new rule change.
Those who may have moved their prescription to a less-convenient location for an incentive -- such as to get a $10 gift card at Target, $30 in free gas at Giant Eagle, or $25 gift card/rewards at Kroger or CVS -- will discover they can NOT move it again after Dec. 31, 2010. Their prescription will be stranded

Target $10 gift card for new or transferred Rx

2010-12-11T00:47:00.001-05:00

This week's sales flyer at Target (today is last day it will be in stores) has Rx coupon for $10 gift card.

Expires Dec. 20.

Kmart: Up to $20 gift card for transfer

2010-11-14T18:54:00.000-05:00

Kmart's sales flyer this week (available in Sunday newspaper and near customer service counter) contains an Rx coupon.

It's on the back of the short wrap-around.

Expires Nov. 30, 2010.

It says "limit one per customer;" however, most Kmart pharmacists will allow you to use more than one. Plus, you can download from http://kmart.com/transferforacause a page of 5 coupons for $20 that says they'll take up to 5 of them at once and give $5 for each one redeemed to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.

These are also accepted at:
-- CVS
-- Giant Eagle
-- Kroger

Target: $10 gift card for NEW or Transferred prescription

2010-11-14T18:49:00.000-05:00

Target's usual $10 gift card offer is in this week's sales flyer (in Sunday newspaper and available at customer service counter).

It's good for NEW prescriptions and transfers from stores other than Target.

Reminder: Target does not limit how many prescriptions you can bring to them with coupons -- per day, week, life, etc.

These coupons are also accepted by:
-- Kmart
-- CVS
-- Giant Eagle
-- Kroger

Expires: Nov. 29, 2010.

Kroger: $25 in free groceries for transferred prescription or flu shot

2010-11-14T18:46:00.000-05:00

A recent coupon that was in the "Bad Lady" ad bag in some areas of Columbus contained a coupon that offered something new from Kroger:

-- $25 in free groceries (not just for a transferred prescription) but also for getting a flu shot from them

These coupons were seen in the section that features Organic/Fresh Foods on front and OSU Tailgaiting on back. Coupon usually inside back page.

Transfer for a Cause @ Kmart: $20 gift card & $5 donation to breast cancer research (up to 5 prescriptions = $100 for you & $25 for BCRF)

2010-10-18T00:35:00.012-04:00

You can earn up to $100 (and get up to $25 donated to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation) by transferring prescriptions to Kmart and taking with you coupons that appear in this week's Kmart sales flyer.

For each coupon you use (up to 5), Kmart gives:

$20 gift card (for you)
$5 donation to Brest Cancer Research Foundation.

You can use up to 5 of these ... all at once ... no hassle (none of that one-per day nonsense like Kroger and Giant Eagle do ... even with their own coupons).

Expiration: Oct. 31, 2010 (for one in sales flyer this week -- in newspaper and available at store). The ones available online below don't expire until Nov. 30, 2010.

Kmart guarantees they'll donate at least $10,000.

If you transfer 5 prescriptions and bring 5 of these coupons, that's $100 for you and $25 for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.

You can print additional coupons by visiting:
http://www.kmart.com/transferforacause
(printed coupons OK for this offer at Kmart; stores that usually take competitor coupons -- such as CVS, Giant Eagle, and Kroger -- probably will not accept printed copies of these ... as they usually don't take printed copies or "Internet"/web/email copies of any coupons ... seems reasonable, eh?)

Kroger: $25 in groceries for TRANSFER (expires Nov. 7)

2010-10-18T00:28:00.000-04:00

Some of the ad bags this week have a Kroger Rx coupon. It's inside the sales flyer touting "Nature's Market" and "Natural Foods and Organics" on the front and "Tailgate with Kroger" on back page. Rx coupon is on second to last page.

Expires Nov. 7.

CVS, Giant Eagle, and Kmart also accept these (and other competitor coupons). See http://matrix.Rx4Less.net for details on who takes what competitor's coupons ... and with what restrictions/hassles ... or not.

Target $10 gift card for NEW or Transferred prescription; expires 9/20

2010-09-06T02:40:00.000-04:00

Sales flyer at Target this week features on page 17 their usual pharmacy coupon:

With each coupon, get $10 gift card for each prescription you take to Target that is new or transferred from a competitor.

Expires 9/20/2010.

Target does not set any limits -- daily, weekly, lifetime -- on number of prescriptions you buy with coupon. You can take them 10 coupons and 10 prescriptions all in the same day and get $100 in gift cards with no hassle.

You can also use these at Giant Eagle, CVS, Kmart, and Kroger. See limitations at http://matrix.Rx4Less.net .

Kroger $25 in free groceries with Rx transfer; expires Sept. 12

2010-09-06T02:30:00.000-04:00

In the ad bag this week (Bargain Outlet on one side; Fall Home Show on the other side), Kroger has another ad featuring "Nature's Market" on the front (promoting natural foods and organics) that has a pharmacy coupon inside.

It's on the second-to-last page and says "Get $25 in FREE Food! with Coupon and purchase of a transferred and filled prescription."

Expires Sept. 12, 2010.

Certain locations listed.

Also use these at: Giant Eagle, CVS, and Kmart.

Kmart Rx coupon for gift card up to $10 for NEW or Transferred prescription

2010-08-22T23:08:00.000-04:00

Kmart's sales flyers this week feature their usual $10 coupon for purchase of a NEW or TRANSFERRED prescription.

Expires Sept. 25.

Limit one certificate per customer (but ask your pharmacist; most are more flexible than the fine print implies). If his name is Kevin, don't waste your time asking; come back when the other, nicer guy is working. ;-)

Fine print: It's "up to $10 gift card" based on the total cost of your prescription. If your co-pay is $5 and the insurance company pays the other $3 of the $8 total cost, then you get an $8 gift card.

But, if your co-pay is ZERO (and it's not because it's covered by any government program) and your private insurer pays the $15 cost of the drug, then you still get the $10 full gift card amount.

You can also redeem these at:
-- Giant Eagle
-- CVS
-- Kroger

Kroger $25 Rx coupon in some ad bags again this week

2010-08-22T22:59:00.002-04:00

The bag of ads that shows up over the weekend on most people's front door steps or near their mailboxes again had a Kroger ad that featured a $25 Rx coupon.

It appears that bags in Upper Arlington area and Worthington/Dublin area all received same coupon that is only good at certain Kroger locations:
-- Olentangy River Rd.
-- Hospital Drive
-- Powell Rd
-- Bridge St.
-- Sawmill Rd.
-- Hampstead Village Way

Also, this week's is only good for TRANSFERRED prescriptions ... NOT those that are NEW as was case for those distributed in Upper Arlington area last week.

Expires Sept. 12.

It's in the Kroger ad that again has "Nature's Market" natural foods and organics featured on front (grapes, pears, Kashi pizza, etc.) and the full page pharmacy ad on back page (green background) with coupon being the shopping bag with "Get $25 in FREE Food!" on it.

The ad bag that contains this is the one with "Kroger" ad on one side (touting 10 for $10 mix or match) and Medco employment ad at top of that side ... and, on the other side, an ad for Bargain Outlet.

These coupons are also accepted at central Ohio locations (at least) of:
-- CVS
-- Giant Eagle
-- Kmart

Target $10 gift card with any NEW or Transferred prescription

2010-08-18T20:59:00.000-04:00

Target's sales flyers this week have their usual Rx coupon:

"Free $10 Target GiftCard with purchase of any new or transferred prescription."

Expires 8/30/2010.

Remember: Target does not limit how many prescriptions you bring them (new or transferred) with these coupons. Five transfers plus two new scripts and 7 coupons = $70 in gift cards without hassle or attitude (most of the time ... unlike other places such as Kroger).

Where else can you use this?
---> CVS, Giant Eagle, Kmart, and Kroger (much attitude and restrictions often apply; see http://matrix.Rx4Less.net for details)