VA Co-Pay for Prescriptions Increase?

Power Poster Number of posts : 721 Registration date : 2008-05-15

By: Dan Meyer

The office hours for the Big Stone County Veterans Service Office are 7:30 am – 4:00 pm Monday through Friday. My office phone number is (320) 839-6398.

Flash news. On Friday, June 7^th, I will be having a VA Benefits Outreach Booth from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon on the sidewalk in front of Heritage Printing (Main Street Ortonville). There will be a free cup of coffee and a U.S. Flag Lapel Pin for those who stop by.

As a reminder. In a past article, I mentioned that the VA was going to postpone the scheduled co-pay increase from $8 to $9 until 9 July 2010. The co-pay is charged for each 30 day prescriptions to veterans who are outpatients being treated for non-service connected conditions.

Co-pays are not charged for prescriptions for service connected conditions; or to veterans for any prescription if they are 50% or more service disabled: or for some low income veterans.

Again, the co-pays for prescriptions will increase from $8 to $9 effective 9 July 2010.

In other news.

Did you know that approximately 60 percent of veterans have never filed for veterans benefits? The more diverse and comprehensive methods I can use to reach veterans and their families, the more veterans will receive the benefits they deserve.

I have scheduled several Outreach events until the end of this year. “Outreach” means exactly that – reaching out to the community, forging partnerships and building awareness. The outcome of a viable Outreach Program enables a partnership with the community that has proved to be extremely beneficial to both the veterans and the community as a whole.

Here are some of the Outreach events planned for this year: A veterans benefit booth at the Big Stone County Fair; a veterans benefit booth at the Ortonville Corn Festival and the County Fair in Clinton, Ortonville Main Street POW/MIA Recognition Day booth, Big Stone City’s 125^th Anniversary Celebration Grand Parade Float, Ortonville Corn Festival Parade Float, and many more!

Until next week, take care and “Fair Winds and Following Seas!”