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(Message started by: alchemy on Aug 9^th, 2005, 4:35pm)

Title: you do the math
Post by alchemy on Aug 9^th, 2005, 4:35pm

I just got home from the hospital again. i'm on mainecaire. they will not pay for my nuerontin, but in the last month i have been admitted twice and have have two er visits. thats about 10-12 grand compared to 300 for my meds is my math that messed up or does the state like to waste money?

Title: Re: you do the math
Post by LeLimey on Aug 9^th, 2005, 4:40pm

Waste money

Title: Re: you do the math
Post by nani on Aug 9^th, 2005, 5:01pm

Neurontin is available as the generic gabapentin now. Perhaps you can appeal it?

Title: Re: you do the math
Post by burnt-toast on Aug 9^th, 2005, 5:04pm

I'll never understand this nonsense.

After two of my senior friends died of strokes in rather rapid succession I asked why doctors didn't have patients over 65 or so have MRIs done to identify those in danger of stroke.

I was told that insurers won't shell out $1,000 or so for testing.

Ultimately these active people died as a result of something that proactive medical testing had a good chance of catching. But the medical bills for treating these folks after they had strokes averaged between $20,000 and $30,000 dollars.

Sense? What sense? It's quarterly profits for stock holders.

Tom

Title: Re: you do the math
Post by BMoneeTheMoneeMan on Aug 9^th, 2005, 7:07pm

Its freakin silly man, the lobbyists are running the whole country now.
When i get Imitrex, its $285 for 5 viles, all of which is covered by the insurance. they will give that to me every month. But when i say that i want to get Oxygen, at $26 cost to the insurance company per month for unlimited O2, they balk about that. Why on earth would they balk over $26 for Oxygen and happily pay for Imitrex at $285?
Its called the drug lobby.
Shameful.
BMonee

Title: Re: you do the math
Post by Jonny on Aug 9^th, 2005, 7:16pm

on 08/09/05 at 19:07:20, BMoneeTheMoneeMan wrote:

Total agreement!!

Title: Re: you do the math
Post by Charlie on Aug 9^th, 2005, 11:20pm

I'm convinced that someday elections will be won on the single issue of national heath care.

Drug companies are guilty of child abuse.

Charlie

Title: Re: you do the math
Post by cootie on Aug 9^th, 2005, 11:36pm

I have a freind that has worked HARD all her life.....she does heavy labor stuff and her knee gave out this year.....she's around 53 yrs old. She had knee surgery but the knee is bad enuff that she can't go back to that kind of work. It's all she knows and she was let go from her previous job cuz of not being able to continue to work the same. She's only been there about 8 months if that. The job she had "planned" to retire from and had put in MANY MANY years to and had good benifits and retirement plan shut down within the past year. (Rubbermaid) So.......she was told by her doc that knee replacement will be cover'd by insurence partly for the first one but the replacement will wear out in about 10 years esp if she goes back to heavy labor work. But.....insurence will NOT pay for it done the second time so that would come bout when she is retired and she'd have to pay out of pocket or be stuck with a worn out joint. So she is holding off as long as she can......and of course at her age she's haveing a terrible time finding work. In the meantime her husband recently got into a motorcyle accident when we were all out on a Sunday ride. He had his leg pulverized and has some money comeing in for a while but doubt he can go back to work. Has the pins and metal apparatus on it now and been fighting infections. He still has the possibility to loose the leg. He has further operations but there not sure they can do alot.....he weights just under 400 lbs but not a obese man as much as BIG. With insurence limitations on medical expenses they have a kind of grim furture if he keeps getting hospitalized for infections for a week or so at a time and then furter surgeries and in for that long. I suppose when insurence benifits top off you are in BIG ASS TROUBLE. Sad too see such good hard working people go thru this cuz it is sumthing that can happen to anyone.....and shows you exactly how the system can fail yo and leave you with nothing if bills get too bad and they go after you. Our group of close freinds will help all we can but it's a drop in the bucket with the costs for a hospital stay or surgery....and it is all adding up rite now. Preview of a life gone wrong Pam

It was his fault with the bike accident and he was too wide goin up a steep hill around a curve and hit a replica Marcedez Benz !!! Just thought I would add to the medical woes stories. It is really scarey how fast shit can happen and it threatens all you HAVE BEEN and wanted to be. It's just very sad.......all we can do is help them out and hope for the best. It's not fair !!!!!