More Medication Hassles
Okay, little bit of back story first: back in March when Husband dropped his workplace insurance in favor of Medicare and I had to got through the state's insurance market for health coverage, my main concern was finding a company and policy that would fit my limited budget yet still do a decent job covering my various medications. I thought I'd found it -- except for two little details: a) a crazy high deductible, which I figured I could live with because aside from the diabetes and high blood pressure which was (at the time) getting better controlled, I am generally a pretty healthy individual, and b) one of my meds (while technically covered) turned out to be equally crazy high priced under this coverage -- as in, a three-months supply through the preferred mail order pharmacy would cost the equivalent of one month of my take home pay......After a discussion with my doctor and discovering that entire drug family was out of my budget, we decided to simply drop that medication and up the dosage on two other meds to see if that might take up the slack. My July A1c was slightly improved, so we figured it would be okay.
Except, my most recent A1c was not so good: so my doctor decided to prescribe and order a new medication, which I discovered after the fact Friday afternoon, is, again, a stupidly expensive medication which would cost me the equivalent of a month's take home pay for a three months' supply!!! I immediately called the doctor's office (of course it was after hours) and left a message to the effect that said medication was unacceptable due to price and that she needed to rescind the prescription a.s.a.p. I then called the on-line pharmacy company and after FINALLY getting a hold of an actual person explained that as the patient I refused to accept that medication due to financial concerns and asked them to PLEASE CANCEL
the order. I was assured that it would be taken care of, but as of this morning the pharmacy website still lists it as current, but on hold pending authorization.
Grrrrrrrr. Tomorrow morning I will call my doctor again. I don't know what else I can do.
---oh, in case anyone cares, Husband is now in week two of Physical Therapy -- both his doctor and the PT are very pleased with his progress, but he still has to use the scooter and avoid putting weight on his ankle.
Except, my most recent A1c was not so good: so my doctor decided to prescribe and order a new medication, which I discovered after the fact Friday afternoon, is, again, a stupidly expensive medication which would cost me the equivalent of a month's take home pay for a three months' supply!!! I immediately called the doctor's office (of course it was after hours) and left a message to the effect that said medication was unacceptable due to price and that she needed to rescind the prescription a.s.a.p. I then called the on-line pharmacy company and after FINALLY getting a hold of an actual person explained that as the patient I refused to accept that medication due to financial concerns and asked them to PLEASE CANCEL
the order. I was assured that it would be taken care of, but as of this morning the pharmacy website still lists it as current, but on hold pending authorization.
Grrrrrrrr. Tomorrow morning I will call my doctor again. I don't know what else I can do.
---oh, in case anyone cares, Husband is now in week two of Physical Therapy -- both his doctor and the PT are very pleased with his progress, but he still has to use the scooter and avoid putting weight on his ankle.