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RedSpartan

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21. The fact that patients are thought of as "consumers" instead of "sick people" tells you everything.

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Thu Sep 18, 2014, 03:21 PM

Sep 2014

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The New Way Insurers Are Shifting Costs To The Sick [View all] KamaAina Sep 2014 OP

+1,000! They also require you to get your prescriptions from their mail order pharmacies, no retail. Dustlawyer Sep 2014 #1

I hear you. I get so frustrated when I am in line at a pharmacy, and they truedelphi Sep 2014 #8

+1 Enthusiast Sep 2014 #16

I fired my local pain management doctor for lying to me (usually it's the other way around). Dustlawyer Sep 2014 #20

I have been on Medicare and Plan D for years now. This is not new. They have always told us when jwirr Sep 2014 #25

I Don't Doubt People Have Problems With Mail Order Scripts... ChiciB1 Sep 2014 #22

And they can change the tiers at any time, but you're locked into them for a year. SharonAnn Sep 2014 #2

Is anyone shocked by this? dilby Sep 2014 #3

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^n/t truedelphi Sep 2014 #9

+1 You nailed it. Enthusiast Sep 2014 #15

+1 leftstreet Sep 2014 #24

So get to work. jeff47 Sep 2014 #26

Right on! Louisiana1976 Sep 2014 #29

my plan has 3 tier co-pay pricing for meds: $15/30/40. guess how much i pay for zomig? unblock Sep 2014 #4

Yeah, they are also working overtime to deny claims. NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #5

Anthem. Say no more. KamaAina Sep 2014 #6

+1 Enthusiast Sep 2014 #14

Were you there with us early on, when we activists all pointed out how this truedelphi Sep 2014 #11

Well, saved my friends life, pre existing condition wise. AND... NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #30

Who could have possibly known????????????????? BrotherIvan Sep 2014 #7

Looks like the law is going to have to change ... aggiesal Sep 2014 #10

kick rec. Doctor_J Sep 2014 #12

I have an answer for that. Enthusiast Sep 2014 #13

And by doubling the copays Dont call me Shirley Sep 2014 #17

As long as significant portions of the health care payment system remain Jackpine Radical Sep 2014 #18

How STUPID can they get?? moonbeam23 Sep 2014 #19

The fact that patients are thought of as "consumers" instead of "sick people" tells you everything. RedSpartan Sep 2014 #21

Anyone here use Advair? Nye Bevan Sep 2014 #23

Health care should cost money, not make it. Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2014 #27

The biggest mistake in forming a national health plan is including Cleita Sep 2014 #28

Snobs will always choose the most expensive... quadrature Sep 2014 #31

Huh? KamaAina Sep 2014 #32

suppose there is a generic drug ... quadrature Sep 2014 #33

But these insurance co's are blacklisting the generic drug, too. KamaAina Sep 2014 #34

you have a good point quadrature Sep 2014 #35