i am new to medicare, and heaven knows i can't stand it. i have a test i so desperately need to get done, but medicare won't cover it. medicare is so frustrating to deal with. when i was put on medicare i had been on medicaid at the time so i was automatically enrolled in a different prescription program through medicare. it's called PrescribaRx. it's avaliable through medicare. maybe you could check this possibility out. prescriptions don't cost more than $3 with this plan. just a thought