[Sidney Lanier]

Thanks for the suggestions! We HAVE used the <medicare.gov> site; what we're finding is that with our list of meds it offered us 128 plans to pick from--overwhelming! On top of this, the plan we have now, which has been such a disaster for us, is one of the recommended ones, so looking at this list there's no way to know which plans might 'on paper' appear to be suitable for us, only to have it turn out not to be so because of changes they can make. Remember, the way Plan D was created by the Congress and signed by the president several years ago, WE CONSUMERS have only this one opportunity a year--during open enrollment period between November 15 and December 31--to make a change, while THE COMPANIES have 'carte blanche' to change their formularies, their guidelines, their copays, in fact anything and everything (except for the premium we pay) as often as they like in the course of the year (something which a lot of people don't realize). That's why I put up the post: to see if we can get suggestions not only about which plans have worked well but also which, like ours, have been a real pill (no pun intended...).