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Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program Guide

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The Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program marks a major change in the way that prices are determined for certain medications commonly prescribed for Medicare enrollees. It was established by the ...

Hundreds of Medications No Longer Covered by Insurance

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Simplefill connects Americans who are finding it difficult, even impossible, to pay for the prescription medications they depend on to manage chronic diseases with the programs and organizations offering such ...

Here’s What You Need to Know About the 2020 Changes to Medicare Part D Coverage

Medicare plans and health insurance coverage can be confusing. Below, we’ll provide you with a simple breakdown of what Medicare Part D is and what changes are in store for ...

Baby Boomers Changing the Paradigms About Aging

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Shared with us from our friends at Silvernest Ask any Baby Boomer to reflect back to their childhood and their general perception of their grandparents when they were in their ...

SimpleFill Featured on The Balancing Act!

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SimpleFill was recently featured on The Balancing Act, a popular talk show that focuses on bringing balance to our daily lives. The Balancing Act highlights ways that viewers can better ...

The Benefits Of Routines for Seniors Facing Chronic Illness

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Living with a chronic illness is extremely challenging. However, there are some small steps you can take to make living with one a bit more manageable. Setting a routine for ...

Take it for Grant(ed): How Grants Can Help You Pay for Your Prescriptions

by Simplefill Chronic Disease Series Prescription Assistance

According to the National Council on Aging, nearly 80% of Americans over the age of 65 have at least one chronic disease and more than 2/3 of all health care ...

4 Healthy Skincare Habits For Aging

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4 Healthy Skincare Habits For Aging Your skin is one of the telling signs of unavoidable aging, however, there’s plenty that you can do to help yourself age healthily. These ...

How Simplefill Can Help With High Generic Prescription Drug Prices

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For many people, buying generic products is a great way to save money. That’s why people buy grocery store branded butter and knockoff shoes. But even though many people still ...

Managing Diabetes with Insulin: What You Need to Know

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Whether you were recently diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes or need to begin taking insulin for Type 2 diabetes, the idea of managing diabetes with insulin injections can be scary. ...

4 Ways To Focus On Your Health Now

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Sometimes it’s easy to let your health fall to the wayside, but with summer right around the corner, we have some fresh ways to focus on your well-being right now. ...

Medication Management Tips for Seniors

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Whether you’re a senior trying to keep track of a long list of prescriptions or a caregiver trying to help, these medication management tips can help you save time, eliminate ...

Boost Your Mental Health through Self Care

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Written by Brad Krause from Selfcare.info Often, we face each day with our mental and emotional batteries somewhat drained. If we don’t take time to look after ourselves, we put ...

What Does Medicare Extra Help Cover?

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With so many moving parts, Medicare plans and health insurance coverage can be quite confusing. While we’ve already covered the 2019 changes to Medicare Part D, understanding the Medicare Extra ...

5 Heart-Healthy Habits for American Heart Month

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Did you know February is American Heart Month? While it’s important to practice heart-healthy habits all year long, February is the perfect month to start prioritizing your heart health by ...

5 New Year’s Resolutions for Family Caregivers

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According to the Family Caregiver Alliance, nearly 44 million Americans provide “informal” (unpaid) care each year for family members and friends with chronic diseases or conditions. Informal caregiver duties can ...

How to Pay for Prescriptions Without Insurance

by Simplefill blog Medication Assistance Prescription Assistance Prescription Assistance Program

Unfortunately, if you missed the Medicare and marketplace open enrollment for 2019, you might find yourself without health insurance for the upcoming year. We understand how scary it is to ...

4 Tips for Dealing With Chronic Medical Issues While on Medicare

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Dealing with medical issues is always challenging but coping with a chronic illness is especially difficult. These four tips for dealing with chronic diseases while on Medicare can help you ...

How to Find Help with the Cost of ADHD Medication

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According to the American Psychiatric Association, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) affects an estimated 8.4 percent of children and 2.5 percent of adults. October is ADHD awareness month, and here at Simplefill, ...

Suicide Prevention Week: 4 Things You Need to Know About Crisis Intervention & Support

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Note: If you or someone you know is in crisis, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255. September 9-15 is National Suicide Prevention Week, which is why we’re ...

A Hard-Fought Battle with Ovarian Cancer

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Shared with our friends over at consumersafety.org Ovarian cancer affects thousands of families each year. And despite the fact that this ailment is usually found in older women — over ...

The Sandwich Generation

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Are you raising your own children and caring for aging parents? If so, you are part of an ever-growing group called the Sandwich Generation. The sandwich generation is typically people ...

The Cost of Diabetes

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With over 30 million Americans diagnosed with diabetes, we all know someone living with the disease. For me, it’s my mother and a younger cousin. My mother was diagnosed with ...

The Lives You Could Save

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June 14 is World Blood Donor Day. Donate Blood, Save Lives. She was a two-year-old with leukemia and lymphoma who needed frequent blood and platelet transfusions while she was being ...

Living With A New Reality

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Written by Ryan Waterfield After the Parkinson’s Diagnosis My family is living with a new reality and it looks something like this: Two years ago, my 72-year-old father and I ...

Are you an Informal Caregiver?

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What is an Informal Caregiver? When a disease or disability makes it impossible for a person to live on their own, they require round-the-clock assistance for their health and safety. ...

Understanding Multiple Sclerosis

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Shared by our friends at geriatricnursing.org

The Facts About Colorectal Cancer

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By Ryan Waterfield Colorectal cancer (the term used to describe both colon and rectal cancer) is the third most common cancer diagnosed in the United States and the third leading cause ...

Top 10 Medical Issues for Baby Boomers

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By Ryan Waterfield Baby Boomers are a powerful demographic group About 76 million people were born during the baby boom years—1946-1964. As more Baby Boomers are leaving the work force and ...

Lung Cancer Awareness

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We spoke with our friends at the Mesothelioma and Asbestos Awareness Center to get a better understanding and learn about preventative measures; we will discuss these illnesses and their causes as ...

Hey Baby Boomers, Listen Up!

by Simplefill blog Help My Meds Medicare Medication Assistance Prescription Assistance

Hey Baby Boomers Listen Up! What can you buy for $3.00? Not much. Social Security Administration recently announced the cost of living adjustment for 2017 is only 0.3%. That equates ...

Faces of Simplefill

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By Christine Ludwig – Simplefill member since 4/11/2016 FLOAT LIKE A BUTTTERFLY … STING LIKE A BEE? When Muhammad Ali exploded onto the sports’ scene years ago, I did not ...

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Although Breast Cancer can be found in men as well, it is the most common cancer in Women. About 1 in 8 U.S. women ...

June is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month

by Simplefill blog Help My Meds Medication Assistance Prescription Assistance

My uncle, Francois, was kind, sweet and always had something to say. Always. He was a quirky man with an adventurous spirit which is what made it difficult for us ...

April showers bring May flowers…

by Simplefill blog Chronic Disease Series

…and watery eyes, lots of sneezing, and so much huffing and puffing! Not being able to catch your breath is one of the scariest feelings you can ever experience. Patients ...

The Medicare Donut Hole Explained

by Simplefill Medication Assistance

What is the Donut Hole? The coverage gap, commonly called the “Donut Hole” is a temporary limit on what your Medicare Prescription drug plan will pay for your prescription drug ...

My Brother, Fabrice.

by Simplefill Uncategorized

A letter from Simplefill’s co-founder, Brigitte Steibel. On July 30, 1998, my brother Fabrice died from the AIDS virus. He was a fashion designer and artist. At the age of ...

Is Insurance Worth the Cost? An Examination of the Evidence

by Simplefill blog Medication Assistance Prescription Assistance

The Affordable Care Act, despite its good intentions, has been met with a mixed reception since its rollout. Millions of Americans living below the poverty line are now able to ...

The High Cost of Prescription Drugs from 2015

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Mental Health Series: Understanding Seasonal Affective Disorder

by Simplefill Mental Health Series

Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), as its name implies, is a disorder that affects the mood and generally causes depression at specific times of the year, most notably during the summer ...

What You Need to Know About Medicare’s General Enrollment Period

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Too many American seniors are not aware of the healthcare benefits available to them. Every person at least 65 years of old (or a few months short of reaching 65) ...

Get Involved for National Caregiver Month

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Caregivers don’t put themselves first. They focus their time, their energy, and their emotional capacity on others. In honor of National Caregivers Month, Simplefill is digging into the admirable lives ...

What is Good Cholesterol?

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“Cholesterol” and “bad” get paired together a lot. As a duo, they insinuate heart disease, stroke, blood clots, and heart attacks. But knowing how “good cholesterol” works is just as ...

Chronic Disease Series: GERD & Acid Reflux

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Virtually everyone has experienced indigestion: The broiling stomach, the acidic taste, and the discomfort are all an unwelcome, but familiar, experience. For people who suffer from chronic gastroesophageal reflux disease ...

What Can You Do for National Breast Cancer Awareness Month?

by Simplefill blog Cancer Assistance

One in eight women are diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime. It’s a formidable statistic, and for good reason, but there is a silver lining: With early detection, thousands ...

Chronic Disease Series: Heart Disease & High Cholesterol

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Our heart pumps a reliable 100,000 beats every single day. While we might not think about each beat, the health of this organ dictates the wellbeing of our entire body. ...

Mental Health Series: World Suicide Prevention Day

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There is no archetype of clinical depression; people of varying ages and histories grapple with suicidal thoughts daily. The CDC reported 41,149 suicides in 2013, and nearly 500,000 people were ...

Chronic Disorder Series: Cystic Fibrosis

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“It can make me feel like I’ve won a marathon every single day, because let’s face it, I have.” – A cystic fibrosis patient explains what it feels like to ...

All About Glaucoma for National Eye Exam Month

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This August, we’re all about vision. In honor of National Eye Exam Month, we’ve collected the most-asked questions (and answers) about glaucoma, the most prevalent eye disease in the country. ...

Sunscreen 101: Save Your Skin for UV Safety Month

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Some might say sunscreen is a necessary evil. After all, who doesn’t like how they look with a bit of a sun tan? Yet the evidence overwhelming demonstrates just how ...

Chronic Disease Series: Multiple Sclerosis

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More than 2.3 million people across the planet are living with Multiple Sclerosis. Each month we explore a different chronic disease as part of our mission of promoting health knowledge. ...

Mental Health Series: Clinical Depression

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Sadness is a natural and inevitable emotion but when sadness persists and you are unable to lead a fulfilled life, becomes an illness. Get an overview of one of the ...

Screenings and Preventions for Men’s Health Month

by Simplefill News

In the 1400s, scholar Erasmus noted that “prevention is better than cure”. At Simplefill, we believe that this quote is as true today as it was then. In observance of ...

Celebrating National Blood Pressure Month With Healthy Habits

by Simplefill blog Medication Assistance

This May, make your heart a priority. It deserves it after all: it’s hard at work every day, pumping 2,000 gallons of blood throughout the body. At SimpleFill we’re celebrating ...

Chronic Disease Series: Fibromyalgia

by Simplefill blog Medication Assistance

Unyielding pain, sleep loss, feelings of depression—these are just some of the symptoms that fibromyalgia patients live with every day. In this blog, we outline some of the basic details ...

Relax and Recharge for National Stress Management Month

by Simplefill blog News Uncategorized

The stress of having a chronic illness infiltrates all aspects of life. Contrary to popular belief, stress isn’t just an unpleasant emotional state, it affects you right down to the ...

Chronic Disease Series: ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease)

by Simplefill blog Medication Assistance

ALS was thrown into the spotlight last year with the massive popularity of the Ice Bucket Challenge. This viral trend was meant to raise awareness, but you might be left ...

Chronic Disease Series: Breast Cancer

by Simplefill blog Cancer Assistance

We believe knowledge is power when it comes to health. This month, we’re focusing on the second-most prevalent type of cancer among American women. Breast Cancer in the United States ...

How to Make Better Food Choices for National Nutrition Month

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If you were to feed a plant soda instead of water and place it in darkness in place of sunshine, it wouldn’t be long before it withered away. The same ...

Chronic Disease Series: Congestive Heart Failure

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Our heart is always active. It’s pumping blood while we drive to work, while we eat dinner, and when go to sleep. But certain conditions can prevent our heart muscles ...

4 Ways Good Sleep Habits Influence Your Health

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Feeling sluggish during the day? Chances are that your body is trying to tell you something. Getting the doctor recommended amount of sleep each night — that’s seven to eight ...

Chronic Disease Series: Cirrhosis Treatment and Medication

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If you’ve ever asked, “What is cirrhosis of the liver?” you aren’t alone. Although 31,000 lives each year are claimed by the degenerative disease, its impact is often unknown. Read ...

Recapping World AIDS Awareness Day: How Can You Raise Awareness in Your Neighborhood?

by Simplefill blog HIV Assistance

On December 1, 2014, Simplefill stood with our global community to support World AIDS Day. This event raises awareness about this illness and shows support those who live with HIV ...

Types of Insulin and How They Treat Diabetes

by Simplefill blog Diabetes / Insulin Assistance

29.1 million Americans are living with type-1 or type-2 diabetes. With the proper treatment, patients can manage the illness. Different types of insulin are used to monitor blood sugar levels ...

Chronic Disease Series: Epilepsy

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Epilepsy is a neurological disorder disrupts the brain’s nerve cell activity inducing a seizure. An estimated 150,000 Americans live with epilepsy each year. If you’ve spoken with your doctor about ...

The History of Pharmacy: Celebrating Pharmacy Workers During National Pharmacist Month

by Simplefill Medication Assistance

November is a month to be thankful, and at Simplefill Prescription Assistance Programs, we’re showing gratitude for our nation’s pharmacy workers. Celebrate National Pharmacist Month with us and explore more ...

Asthma Medications: A Brief Synopsis

by Simplefill blog Medication Assistance

Imagine feeling like your lungs were being compressed—like your body was unable to catch a full breath of air. For many it sounds like a nightmare, but for the one ...

Simplefill: Why We Decided to Help Provide Medication Assistance

by Simplefill Help My Meds Medication Assistance Prescription Assistance

Many Americans are facing an impossible choice: Should they go into debt to get the medications they need, or should they risk their lives to spare their wallet? At Simplefill, ...

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): The Symptoms, Treatments & Medications

by Simplefill blog Prescription Assistance

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, commonly known as COPD, is one of the country’s most common illnesses, but at Simplefill Prescription Assistance, we have found that it is also one of the ...

Important Fall 2014 Healthcare Open Enrollment Tips and Deadlines

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The Open Enrollment period for healthcare under the Affordable Care Act is coming up soon, and we want our Simplefill community to be prepared for this important time of year. ...

How to Get HIV Medication Cost Assistance

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An estimated 1.1 million Americans live with HIV every day. Proper medical attention is essential in order to cope with this taxing illness, but too often the AIDS and HIV ...

7 Tips to Stay Cool and Healthy This Summer

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Beating the heat isn’t just a matter of comfort. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, about 618 heat-related deaths occur each year, and most of these fatalities ...

4 Tips for Sound Sleeping As You Age

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As you age, a good night’s sleep can feel elusive. But getting enough shut-eye is also vital to your health. According to the National Sleep Foundation, it’s important for adults ...

Chronic Disease Series: Diabetes

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If you have diabetes, you aren’t alone. According to the National Diabetes Education Program, 25.8 million Americans – that’s 8.3% of the country’s population – are diabetic. There is no ...

Chronic Disease Series: Rheumatoid Arthritis

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According to the Arthritis Foundation, 1.5 million Americans struggle with rheumatoid arthritis every day. At Simplefill, we understand the toll that this disease can take on affected patients inflicting a ...

Help Paying For Prescription Drug Medications

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Too often good health comes with a price. Our health is something we take for granted until we lose it. Then the cold truth hits home, and it may seem ...

Free or Low Cost Prescription Medication Options

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According to the National Health Council, an estimated 133 million Americans (45% of the country’s total population) are living with a chronic disease or health issue. Illnesses not only make ...

Chronic Disease Series: Prostate Cancer

by Simplefill blog Cancer Assistance Medication Assistance Prescription Assistance Program

According to the American Cancer Society, one in seven men are expected to be diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2014. However, with proper treatment and medication, recovery is possible. Over ...

Three Tips for Fighting Arthritis in Cold Weather

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When cold weather comes along, almost every arthritis patient can feel it in their bones. The plummeting temperatures exacerbate joint pain and stiffness, instantly taking a toll on one’s quality ...

Four Tips to Keep Your Heart Healthy

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Simplefill cares about your good health. In honor of American Heart Month, we are offering four heart health tips that are easy to integrate into your lifestyle. The best part? ...

Important Medicare Dates You Need to Know for 2014

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If you have Medicare, get your calendars ready! These important dates will keep you organized and ensure that you enjoy all of your coverage benefits; Simplefill has gathered these dates ...

New Year’s Resolutions for a Healthier You in 2014

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The New Year is a new opportunity to enhance your health and well-being. When you pledge to stand by Simplefill’s set of New Year’s Resolutions, you’ll be on the path ...

“Simplefill is a great program that helps people get the medications they need. They are currently helping my aunt get her diabetes medication which, without Simplefill, would not be affordable for her at all. Thank you Simplefill for all the assistance you have provided to my aunt. We truly appreciate it!”

– Dawn Miller, Athens, Ohio Caregiver