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We plan to go to dinner at the local Peruvian restaurant tonight. So last night we were joking about whether you get to choose your guinea pig before it's fried. "You know, like at Red Lobster." "They'd have to have snorkeling equipment on!"

Red Letter Day

Will it be corn nuts or cake?

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A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned getting Chicken 65 at the Tandoori Hut. Last night, we went there and ordered it again. What we got this time was breaded, deep-fried chicken chunks in an orange-colored creamy sauce devoid of onions, completely different from the deep magenta, creamfree, unbreaded, onion-redolent entrée of two weeks ago. Upon mentioning that to the owner, he said he had hired a new chef with fifteen years experience who makes it a different way. But since we had asked the question, and expressed an appreciation for the previous version, he said he'd go make us one of his. Both are tasty, in very different ways; the owner-version turned out to be too spicy for Tammie though (you'll recall that last time she got the Medium dish and I got the Mild), so I have it as leftunders today.

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Upon filling my prescription for Folgard RX 2.2 the other day, the Walgreens pharmacist told me it's not covered by my insurance. So after fighting the insurance website for nigh half an hour, I finally figure out where the Preferred Drug List is. Sure enough, not listed. So another half hour of googling later, I find out what Folgard RX 2.2 actually is, what the alternate brand names are, and what the generic product is. NONE of them are listed on the Preferred Drug List. The only thing that is is plain "folic acid".

Medication	Availability	Active Ingredients
		Folic Acid	Vitamin B-6	Vitamin B-12
Folgard Rx 2.2	Prescription	25mg	25mg	1000mcg
Foltx
Folbee (generic)

For comparison, a similar over-the-counter product.

Medication	Availability	Active Ingredients
		Folic Acid	Vitamin B-6	Vitamin B-12
Folgard OS	OTC	800mcg	10mg	115mcg

So what does Blue Cross expect me to take? Half a dozen individual pills to add up to the same dosage?

I did try calling the customer service line: I got cut off after a maze of voice prompts which repeated several times how swamped they are by the inquiries regarding Medicare Part D plans. I sent an email via the website; we'll see what response I get.