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Aerows

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18. Maybe they would

Reply to Nye Bevan (Reply #15)

Sat Jun 25, 2016, 09:26 PM

Jun 2016

if you take them to court and sue dragging it out for several years. You are far too optimistic about insurance companies if you think they won't fight tooth and nail to hold on to every dollar they have ever been given.

A million dollars worth of treatment? You must be joking. You'd die before that bill ever got paid.

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PSA about your medication: Your insurance plan might start demanding cash prices much more often [View all] steve2470 Jun 2016 OP

Damn. What do the Bronze Plan people do... suffer and die young? yourpaljoey Jun 2016 #1

about the size of it, yep, and pretty soon I will be a Bronze plan person steve2470 Jun 2016 #2

How often, while waiting in the pharmacy line, have you seen people who cannot afford the script? yourpaljoey Jun 2016 #5

yes, I have the greatest of empathy for people like you steve2470 Jun 2016 #7

Years ago I did run out, for two days yourpaljoey Jun 2016 #12

best wishes to you! nt steve2470 Jun 2016 #13

We pay the premium every month and get NOTHING in return... 1monster Jun 2016 #14

Except that if you got cancer or some other disease, or got into an accident, Nye Bevan Jun 2016 #15

Maybe they would Aerows Jun 2016 #18

Of course they would, without question, if you stayed in network. Nye Bevan Jun 2016 #19

The biggest remaining problem is out-of-network providers hanging out at in-network hospitals. strategery blunder Jun 2016 #20

When you had the pharmacy deductible SickOfTheOnePct Jun 2016 #3

in those months I was paying the $295 for it, which was manageable steve2470 Jun 2016 #4

Good luck on that generic. I have tried some that did not work at all. yourpaljoey Jun 2016 #8

there is no generic for my med right now because it's still under patent steve2470 Jun 2016 #10

I understand the premise of your OP SickOfTheOnePct Jun 2016 #11

can you contact the manufacturer of the drug WhiteTara Jun 2016 #6

good idea steve2470 Jun 2016 #9

Be aware if you want to take a whole different one. dixiegrrrrl Jun 2016 #16

yes good advice thanks! nt steve2470 Jun 2016 #17