Wednesday, January 03, 2007
Insurance Companies Give Till it Hurts
For those who have'nt gotten the word yet on their presciptions , ya better get a hold of your boot straps cause here it comes. The vaseline is on ilse #5 and is not covered by insurance.
Without warning , insurance companies have changed the pricing of prescription drugs. This includes special order stuff that people will have to do about 2 weeks without while their new generic drug gets into the pipe line.
Wally World's 5 dollar special won't cover all of these. Some drugs have had their prices jump to 743$ a script. All of these prices seem to deal with taking real drugs off the pharmacy counter and replace them with faulty generic drugs. For example , anyone taking SANDOZ 50 knows what a horror story that is and the FDA won't do anything about it. Why should they ? The drug company pays them to " OK " their stuff so there's no problem. Right ? And besides , the stuff still sells well.
If any industry gave itself a Christmas present , it's the pharmaceutical industry. There are several " new " generic drugs being placed on the shelf and no , the FDA has'nt done their testing by the book. Just another example of your government hard at work.
OK. Now there's a problem on isle #5. The vaseline is all gone.
You would think the news media would have got a hold of this story , butt , nope. Not even NIT got wind of this. Whew ! ! Be careful going into the store , the smell from everyone at the pharmacy being fucked over the counter can be over whelming.
Just when you give thanks for not needing TennCare , this comes along.
Welcome to the new year 2007 everyone.
Not all insurance is the same. Let's look at alegra D. Today , all insurance requires it be mailed to you. The price I've found ranges from $ 245 to $ 596 for a 90 day supply. The more desperately you need the drug , the more desperately the insurance raises the prices.
One of my pills went to 74 $ a piece. Yep , that's 74 $ a pill.
The generic stuff that we will be getting has made it's name in Mexico. What's on the label , is'nt what's in the box. The sicker we are , the longer we stay sick , equals more money for the insurance. Now you know what's going on and why.
Without warning , insurance companies have changed the pricing of prescription drugs. This includes special order stuff that people will have to do about 2 weeks without while their new generic drug gets into the pipe line.
Wally World's 5 dollar special won't cover all of these. Some drugs have had their prices jump to 743$ a script. All of these prices seem to deal with taking real drugs off the pharmacy counter and replace them with faulty generic drugs. For example , anyone taking SANDOZ 50 knows what a horror story that is and the FDA won't do anything about it. Why should they ? The drug company pays them to " OK " their stuff so there's no problem. Right ? And besides , the stuff still sells well.
If any industry gave itself a Christmas present , it's the pharmaceutical industry. There are several " new " generic drugs being placed on the shelf and no , the FDA has'nt done their testing by the book. Just another example of your government hard at work.
OK. Now there's a problem on isle #5. The vaseline is all gone.
You would think the news media would have got a hold of this story , butt , nope. Not even NIT got wind of this. Whew ! ! Be careful going into the store , the smell from everyone at the pharmacy being fucked over the counter can be over whelming.
Just when you give thanks for not needing TennCare , this comes along.
Welcome to the new year 2007 everyone.
Not all insurance is the same. Let's look at alegra D. Today , all insurance requires it be mailed to you. The price I've found ranges from $ 245 to $ 596 for a 90 day supply. The more desperately you need the drug , the more desperately the insurance raises the prices.
One of my pills went to 74 $ a piece. Yep , that's 74 $ a pill.
The generic stuff that we will be getting has made it's name in Mexico. What's on the label , is'nt what's in the box. The sicker we are , the longer we stay sick , equals more money for the insurance. Now you know what's going on and why.
