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No, that's not how it works. Which countries work that way? Where can a doctor prescribe untested drugs and have it paid for?
by mgraczyk 2y ago
No, that's not how it works. Which countries work that way? Where can a doctor prescribe untested drugs and have it paid for?
- maronato 2y agoI’m not sure about any countries that allow untested drugs or treatments for conditions not covered by the insurance company. I’m saying that in many countries, like Brazil, an insurance company can’t deny a treatment for a covered condition because it’s too expensive. So, for example, if the insurance covers prostate cancer, the doctor can prescribe any medically proven prostate cancer treatment and the insurance company can’t say they’ll only pay for a cheaper treatment.
- mgraczyk 2y agoRight but that's not what happened in this case. In this case it wasn't "medically proven" in the right sense. I'm not an expert on Brazil but from what I just read these specific drugs would not be covered
- alp1n3_eth 2y agoThe US, Canada, England, and most of Europe are beginning to embrace the use of dual biologics in Crohns disease. The FDA approved levels of a singular biological may have issues reigning in out-of-control cases of severe Crohns, and there have been tons of trials run in multiple university hospitals over the last 10 years showing that the dual biological combo can help in those instances. That's exactly why his doctor wanted to do it, because it had worked in the past. This wasn't some insane lab experiment done by a fresh grad gastro doctor.