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Stargazer99

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Wed Sep 24, 2025, 09:20 AM Sep 2025

Corporate terrorizing

I got a phone call from United Health asking why I got so many prescriptions..
My pharmacy went out of business and filled all the prescriptions up to expiration date which made extra for me so
I am using them up as the prior prescription is used out. I did not ask this to be done but since the pharmacy was closing I assume they wanted to fill prescriptions before the closed. I was also put on automatic refills which I did not request. Frankly I resent United Health to cause me more stress over something I had no control of.
United Health forces me to take statin which has caused intense short term memory in missing appointments, forgetting to take RX later in the day. I've losses two friends due to forgetting meeting times due to this uncontrollable effect of statins on me personally. Not all people have this reaction to statins but I do and intensely. The wealthy can get Repatha which works through the stomach and does not screw with the brain communication between brain cells. But Repatha is more expensive so I suffer the consequences. I do not have money to buy a watch which I could set time for the afternoon RX. This is one example why capitalism should NEVER be involved in medicine. If the forgetting was once in a while I could cope better but it is constant every day and I have no way of knowing what is going to be forgotten. Yes, I use a calendar, post it notes, etc but I never know when or what will be forgotten during the day..another addition to my living hell

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Corporate terrorizing (Original Post) Stargazer99 Sep 2025 OP
Their MBAs have instructed them to use the three Ds multigraincracker Sep 2025 #1
Corporate thinking WmChris Sep 2025 #2

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