Oh, it can be insane. Though our military plan, at one time most daily, generic meds were costing $3/mo. I'd usually buy them 3 mos at a time. $9. One day I walked into the pharmacy (remember, small town, they all know everyone) and a 3 mos of something (blood pressure, cholesterol, and gout are his dailies) came up to $0.07! Seven cents? The checkout woman just laughed. I said I have to go back and talk to the pharmacist (who I think is her husband). They were laughing by the time I got back there. "We called TRICARE, we called the local carrier for them, and it isn't a mistake." SO I reached to the bottom of my purse and found some nickels and pennies. Who can figure this ^&((&&(**( out? Now all of a sudden the prices are all over the place, but still low enough that I'm not complaining (I often wait behind someone who is paying hundreds for what I'm paying dozens, but then husband went to Vietnam when others were hiding out). If my husband had to deal with this, he'd be dead from a stroke or something.
I've had to chart for Tricare...those folks are nuts! I don't mind charting everyday, but if nothing is going on, NOTHING is going on! SSDD!!! They should be glad there are no changes for the worse...and changes for the better don't happen overnight.
Ironic that I do Medicare Paperwork for CMS and still have no clue about what's going on with it aside from my small part.