Comments on: How to keep a routine illness from blowing your budget http://www.blogsmonroe.com/budget/2008/12/how-to-keep-a-routine-illness-from-blowing-your-budget/ A frugal living blog for Monroe, Mich. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:54:10 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Monroe on a Budget » H1N1 influenza preparations on a budget http://www.blogsmonroe.com/budget/2008/12/how-to-keep-a-routine-illness-from-blowing-your-budget/comment-page-1/#comment-10753 Monroe on a Budget » H1N1 influenza preparations on a budget Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:18:55 +0000 http://www.blogsmonroe.com/budget/?p=4129#comment-10753 [...]When one of us is sick, however, I don’t put frugal living techniques on the back burner. [...] [...]When one of us is sick, however, I don’t put frugal living techniques on the back burner. [...]

]]> By: Monroe on a Budget » Adapting your disaster plans for an illness http://www.blogsmonroe.com/budget/2008/12/how-to-keep-a-routine-illness-from-blowing-your-budget/comment-page-1/#comment-9618 Monroe on a Budget » Adapting your disaster plans for an illness Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:12:13 +0000 http://www.blogsmonroe.com/budget/?p=4129#comment-9618 [...] How to keep a routine illness from blowing your budget [...] [...] How to keep a routine illness from blowing your budget [...]

]]> By: Can Swine Flu Affect Your Finances? > Fiscal Fizzle http://www.blogsmonroe.com/budget/2008/12/how-to-keep-a-routine-illness-from-blowing-your-budget/comment-page-1/#comment-9611 Can Swine Flu Affect Your Finances? > Fiscal Fizzle Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:10:26 +0000 http://www.blogsmonroe.com/budget/?p=4129#comment-9611 [...] Wethington (@MonroeOnABudget) sent me her post on keeping routine illness from blowing your budget. Although not written specifically for the swine flu outbreak, this post is a great guide to [...] [...] Wethington (@MonroeOnABudget) sent me her post on keeping routine illness from blowing your budget. Although not written specifically for the swine flu outbreak, this post is a great guide to [...]

]]> By: Marti http://www.blogsmonroe.com/budget/2008/12/how-to-keep-a-routine-illness-from-blowing-your-budget/comment-page-1/#comment-9600 Marti Sun, 26 Apr 2009 13:40:47 +0000 http://www.blogsmonroe.com/budget/?p=4129#comment-9600 Keep your sales receipts for OTC stuff in your tax folder. If you are not reimbursed somehow, you may be able to deduct the total on your taxes. Many receipts mark these with a "H" for health. I have started highlighting these items as soon as I get home. Then I know which receipts to toss and which to file. Keep your sales receipts for OTC stuff in your tax folder. If you are not reimbursed somehow, you may be able to deduct the total on your taxes. Many receipts mark these with a “H” for health. I have started highlighting these items as soon as I get home. Then I know which receipts to toss and which to file.

]]> By: Paula Wethington http://www.blogsmonroe.com/budget/2008/12/how-to-keep-a-routine-illness-from-blowing-your-budget/comment-page-1/#comment-9595 Paula Wethington Sun, 26 Apr 2009 01:18:44 +0000 http://www.blogsmonroe.com/budget/?p=4129#comment-9595 Very good tip. I picked up on a Rite Aid transfer coupon once when my daughter was home on college break and needed a Rx refilled. It wasn't filled at Rite Aid the last time, it was filled at a different pharmacy near her college. So it was really was transfer, and for a legitimate reason. We just got lucky with it falling on a coupon week. We took that gift card and bought personal care and school supplies that she needed. Very good tip. I picked up on a Rite Aid transfer coupon once when my daughter was home on college break and needed a Rx refilled.

It wasn’t filled at Rite Aid the last time, it was filled at a different pharmacy near her college. So it was really was transfer, and for a legitimate reason. We just got lucky with it falling on a coupon week.

We took that gift card and bought personal care and school supplies that she needed.

]]> By: Hotcouponmama http://www.blogsmonroe.com/budget/2008/12/how-to-keep-a-routine-illness-from-blowing-your-budget/comment-page-1/#comment-9594 Hotcouponmama Sun, 26 Apr 2009 01:13:17 +0000 http://www.blogsmonroe.com/budget/?p=4129#comment-9594 Don't forget - if you need to get a prescription filled, try to fill at a pharmacy that does a gift card for new or transferred prescription. Transferred two to RiteAid yesterday and got $50 GC for my $3 co-pay. Net profit - $47! Then you can use that GC and manufacturer's coupons to buy the OTC meds, and roll that on your flex spending account to get the cash back. Don’t forget – if you need to get a prescription filled, try to fill at a pharmacy that does a gift card for new or transferred prescription. Transferred two to RiteAid yesterday and got $50 GC for my $3 co-pay. Net profit – $47! Then you can use that GC and manufacturer’s coupons to buy the OTC meds, and roll that on your flex spending account to get the cash back.

]]> By: Shawna http://www.blogsmonroe.com/budget/2008/12/how-to-keep-a-routine-illness-from-blowing-your-budget/comment-page-1/#comment-8117 Shawna Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:10:01 +0000 http://www.blogsmonroe.com/budget/?p=4129#comment-8117 I hope you get to feeling better soon! Keegan was just diagnosed yesterday with bronchitis, so we feel your pain! I hope you get to feeling better soon! Keegan was just diagnosed yesterday with bronchitis, so we feel your pain!

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