Insurance companies wouldn’t inflate prices

Ha, that is funny isn’t it?

To summarize last nights Dr. appt.

1. My nurse took my pulse THREE times…and reminded me that I have gained 25 lbs in 7 months…she agrees with me that is a lot! **plus**

2. The first thing my Doc did was take my pulse and then asked “do you feel like your heart is beating kinda fast?” My response? “uhm. I do now.” (it was at 86)

3. After talking to me for 15 minutes, which in Dr. time is FOREVER…she decided to up my current prescription of “happy beans” for the next 30 days and see how I feel…

4. She called to the lab which was closing in like 2 minutes to wait for my arrival for blood work…She I don’t think that made them happy because it felt like the end of the needle was going to go through my elbow she jabbed it in so damn hard…5 vials and a soaked bandaid later I was told to wait till monday for the results. What did they test for you ask? Well the only words I recall are “Liver and kidney functions” and “diabetes”…I think my heartrate was around 100 at that point!

5. The pharmacy notifies me that it will be $50 for prescription…Ok, “no thanks” and I left…less drugs.

6. This morning I called a crabby nurse (wonder if she had blood drawn yesterday too?) telling her that I would like a generic equivelant…well they finally switched meds to one that had a generic…which would only be $10/month…MUCH BETTER…But if I go through walgreens prescription plan, it would only be $60/year….so let me ask you this…Walgreens can sell 3 months for $10 and STILL MAKE MONEY…why does the insurance charge so much more, ONTOP of the premiums we pay?

Yes I know the answers, but I really don’t agree.

it is bad enough that we have to worry about keeping a job, food on our table, roof over our heads, providing for our children…let alone having to worry about not being able to afford a (perhaps) life altering medication…god help us.