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I dropped a glass bottle of something restricted. Dr prescribed another one for me, but the insurance company told the pharmacy, "no" and the pharmacy wouldn't
by LanceH 11y ago
I dropped a glass bottle of something restricted. Dr prescribed another one for me, but the insurance company told the pharmacy, "no" and the pharmacy wouldn't dispense after that. Even with me paying the full price.
I'm still a little steamed to think about it. They received both prescriptions from my doctor and made made a medical decision to withhold based upon the word of the insurance company which should not have been a party to the second purchase. I couldn't get the prescription back either, since it was sent directly to the pharmacy.
I have always had a chuckle thinking about what would happen if the government called the medical marijuana supporters claims out and legalized it. I think it would become a pill with none of the high and turn into something quite boring.
- jrapdx3 11y ago> ... Dr prescribed another one for me, but the insurance company told the pharmacy, "no" and the pharmacy wouldn't dispense after that. ... This sort of thing happens all the time where medical decisions are "second guessed" by insurers. It may be in the form of payment restriction, or requiring "pre-authorization", just another way to make it difficult to get treatment that costs more than the absolute minimum. I believe such maneuvers are counterproductive, that is, it will wind up costing more if patients don't get what they need to improve their conditions. Not quite sure why the pharmacy wouldn't fill the Rx for cash. Maybe afraid of regulatory criticism for the "double fill". Of course there are instances where people are frequently "losing" medication supplies and requesting replacement prescriptions. Then we might rightly suspect medication misuse, but if such requests for extra prescriptions are rare, as in your case, it's wrong not to honor it.