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― Ms Misery, Monday, 26 March 2007 16:33 (seventeen years ago) link
dear blue cross of california: fuck you and your "prior authorization" (they get to veto my doctor's decision about whether my medication is appropriate/cheap enough, and that can take 3-4 days from the time my pharmacy processes my prescription, regardless of whether i might actually NEED that medication)
Oh, get bent, I feel your pain today.
My insurance company has decided that although my doctor says I need 30 pills a month of one of my expensive prescriptions, they will only give me 25.
Even missing one of these pills causes problems. She's going to appeal but that will take a few weeks. In the meantime I don't know what I'm going to do.
I was crying at my desk just now which is made doubly worse as I left my makeup bag at home.
I really didn't need this. Stress makes my condition much worse. Perfect.
― Bonita Applebum, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 15:59 (sixteen years ago) link
Ran into the prior authorization thing for the first time, on my new migraine meds. I just started a new job and was counting on the meds to keep me employed. What I was not counting on was that these pills are EXPENSIVE and premera does not want to pay for them. So first refill, they blocked it and insisted on a PA, which my doctor's office ignored because they didn't think I needed it. Now I'm waiting to find out if I get the meds, and if I don't get them I genuinely don't know what will become of my job. The doctor's office texted me, "It looks like they may approve it. Fingers crossed." Indeed.
If the prescription stays blocked and I can't find something else that works in time to keep my job, I'll be all right. I'm lucky. I have enough savings to get me through most of the year, my parents are another safety net, and there are other jobs I could do, just not this one. And even with all this privilege, it is absolutely fucking terrifying to realize how easily one bad call from an insurance company can upend my life. Horrifying glimpse into the nightmare of the American health care system.
― Lily Dale, Tuesday, 14 September 2021 22:52 (two years ago) link
Hoping you get good news.
― Taliban! (PBKR), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 22:59 (two years ago) link
Thanks!
― Lily Dale, Tuesday, 14 September 2021 23:07 (two years ago) link
gah that sucks. i just went to the dr for the first time in forever and got bloodwork. the bill was like "$1000, insurance plan discount $898." these are joke prices!
― certified juice therapist (harbl), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 23:10 (two years ago) link
Hearing testEstimate: $48Bill: $1,880
I'd almost rather pay it than have to call Cigna.
― Hideous Lump, Wednesday, 15 September 2021 06:12 (two years ago) link
I just cannot wrap my head around the con that is american health insurance. I hear stories like insurers holding off for months on approving a payout, so the year ticks over nd your deductable resets.
And how the reason you pay $500 a month is because if you do, the doctor bills the insurer $1500, where as if you are billed directly the same exact freaking procedure is like $10000. Because They Can.
Fuck!
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Wednesday, 15 September 2021 06:30 (two years ago) link