Medicare Drug Plan

An email I sent to a TV news show after listening to the Bush Administration discussing the success of the Medicare Drug Plan.

 

 

Hello

 

I like to add my two cents about the Medicare Drug Plan. I understand why you need to have the Bush Administration come on to shill for the Plan, it gives you continued access to the White House. However as an individual who is dealing with the fall out of the plan I disagree with most of what is being said.

 

The ones who REALLY need the plans are the ones who do not have access. Most low income individuals do not have a computer nor do they have the where-with-all to deal with the system and intricacies of the selection process.

 

The Insurance companies are doing this for profit, so there are hurdles that individuals need to jump to get their medications. This is fair?

 

Why does a person who is taking life saving drugs need to reapply for approvals every, 3, 6 or 12 months to get their medication? This is a reality that many who are at a medical disadvantage do not have the ability , energy or resources to fight for their medication.

 

My mother has Parkinson's. The Medication is very Necessary. Yet she was denied medication because of approvals the Insurance company required when she first attempted to refill her 3 month supply of med's. Med's she needs to take several times a day at the same time each day. Med's the Insurance company refused to pay for. Med's she has been taking for years. Med's she could not now get.

 

The pharmacy gave her a few pills to hold her over, and the doctor's office has given her 'free samples'. I have intervened and found out WHY she wasn't able to get her medication. The INSURANCE Company wanted proof the medication was needed. The insurance company ignored the calls from the doctors office saying it was necessary, the history of the patient and the patient diagnosis. They wanted a test to be performed before they granted approval.

 

The test is a test the doctor does each time my mother goes for her check up. The doctor faxed this proof over immediately, yet the Insurance company will probably not approve the meds for several weeks, bureaucracy!

 

So my mother is without Insurance coverage for several weeks. She takes a cocktail of drugs everyday to deal with her Parkinson's. The out of pocket costs will be in the Thousands of dollars for the time she is without insurance. I can pay for the drugs.

 

What do others do who are not as fortunate? The ones who REALLY need this coverage?

 

Again the insurance companies are doing this to make a profit. Every time a prescription is denied for 'cause' is a day the insurance company makes money. The insurance company can give sound business reasons for denying care, but socially and morally the profits they make is 'blood money'. 

 

If people only knew the facts, they would not be fighting for the 'RIGHT' to be screwed over.

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