More Awful From “Health” Care
Here’s a true story
from a reader of
THE SADDERDAY TIMES.
As for Big Pharma?
Before I had my hip joints replaced, I couldn't give myself a pedicure.
At a salon I caught a fungus on one big toenail. Went through having it removed twice, paid out-of-pocket for laser treatment - kept coming back until it was treated with Jublia.
A tiny bottle of Jublia costs the insurance company $700. My copay was $95.
After trip to podiatrist, I needed a third bottle to complete treatment. She sent in my prescription, then told me the “health” insurance company wouldn't pay. The podiatrist told me that I should see her again in 6 months. Perhaps by then the health insurance would pay.
In six months I would have had an ugly, tiny, twisted yellow toenail, if one at all.
It took me talking to three people at the insurance company, but they finally okayed it. I asked the pharmacy clerk why the insurance company didn't want to pay $700.
She showed me
the insurance company now had to pay Big Pharma
$1,420 for the tiny bottle!
I needed one more bottle!
I gave myself a BREAK!
I ordered it from Canada.
Two years ago . . . in Canada . . . the same tiny bottle was $127 including shipping!
$1,420 in the US.
$127 in Canada for the same thing!
My nail now looks slightly suspicious, so—not wanting to take any chances—I had my doctor send in a prescription for another tiny bottle.
It was filled. I still pay a $95 copay. Big Pharma now bills the insurance company $1,800.00 for one tiny bobble of Jublia!
Absurd.
At least Biden got the insulin price capped.
The spouse of a resident I used to visit at a nursing home was in despair. Not only did he have to pay for the nursing home, his insulin cost more than $1,000.00 a month.
$12,000+ per year?
For insulin?
Then there’s the EpiPen.
A 2¢ plastic syringe with
.3 mg of epinephrine in it that costs 10¢.
Guess how much.
$690.00!
In the Michael Moore movie Sicko,
the nice lady who went to Cuba
with the injured New York firemen
(who got sick rescuing people at the twin towers on 911)
found out her inhaler
in a Cuban pharmacy
was priced at $6.50.
Back home in the US she had to pay
$150 for the same inhaler!
What does this sadder but wiser
reporter say about all this?
“Keep on keepin' on!”