For many of the people in the Belmond retirement community, Medicare's prescription program is working like they hoped it would.
Robert V. Nelson tells KIMT Newschannel Three, "Yeah, saved me money so far, on the little stuff it does."
But the manager of the Pharmacy just down the street is singing a different tune when it comes to some of the changes that Part D has triggered.
Terri Havens, Pharmacy Manager, tells KIMT, "Reimbursement was drastically reduced to the independent pharmacies and it is a major concern that we have."
Reduced to the point where the pharmacy will only make a few cents on certain prescriptions, because insurance companies pay them so little. And now Terri and several others are turning to local lawmakers to try and get some results.
Terri adds, "Changes have to come, that's all there is to it. Reimbursement has to change otherwise a lot of independents probably won't be able to stay open."
But for people like Robert, he just hopes any changes wouldn't mean passing the buck onto him.
"I live on Social Security and I gotta make every penny count."
But at the same time, pharmacists want insurance companies to recognize all the hard work they put in to making their patients happy.
"We are more than just dispensing a product, we're offering a service that's critical in a patients care."
But the question remains, who will pay the price to make everyone happy?
