Posted by kid_A on July 27, 2001, at 16:04:08
In reply to A blight on them all . . ., posted by AKC on July 27, 2001, at 14:21:13
I loathe the insurance industry. Hello, we will garuntee to raise your rates each year and be as entirely inflexible as possible whenever you have any medical problem whatsoever... piss off, now and give us your money.ARRGHH... Case in point, today I am going through the pointless excercise of having to fill 4 tablets of Ambien. This is all because for some reason my insurance company deems that I should only be allowed 14 in one month, otherwise I might be selling them to schoolchildren or god knows what reason...
I used to be perscribed them on a 10 count basis, and made the mistake of refiling before the (then unknown to me) 25 day limit on qty 14 was up... I could only pay for 4, otherwise It would have cost me 30 dollars or so for all of the rest... I filled for four and went on my (ignorant) merry way...
I see my pdoc and explain said situation, and he increases my script to 14, for my convenience... only to go back to find out that because I filled for 4, not long enough ago, I can now only get 10..... Jesus Daddy and the SPook!!!!!! Insurance company makes me go through this rigamarole of upping the limit to 18, though that just doesnt ever happen... I have to call back to find out that today I must go down, have them back out the 10, re-run it for 14, and now I properly start on my 25 day cycle...
All of this because the insurance company is so tight assed about its policies that It cant possibly budge, even under a doctors recomendation... Plus, I'm out the lousy 17.00 I payed for the difference, 4 little pills for 17.00s... I've bought street drugs cheaper than that... Thank you PPO!!!!
k_A, Pissed off, L.A.M.F.!!!!!!
poster:kid_A
thread:8122
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