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At least the set of approved drugs is known. In the US you don’t know until you try to fill the orecription, then it becomes a 4-way game of telephone (patient,
by alistairSH 2y ago
At least the set of approved drugs is known. In the US you don’t know until you try to fill the orecription, then it becomes a 4-way game of telephone (patient, MD, pharmacist, and insurance) with each trying to outlast the other.
- ensignavenger 2y agoI concur, it is a pain. The US absolutely needs to improve! The point I was making is that the idea of free, unrestrained, unlimited healthcare in Europe is a myth.
- dcrazy 2y agoMy health insurance plan publishes a formulary.
- heavyset_go 2y agoAs does mine, but many drugs require either a prior authorization that insurance companies can fight or an exemption which can also be fought. It's not a guarantee that you'll get coverage for a specific drug just because you have an insurance plan.