Posted by bleauberry on December 6, 2010, at 18:50:14 [reposted on December 9, 2010, at 20:57:31 | original URL]
In reply to Claim Denied For Lexapro, posted by Phillipa on December 6, 2010, at 13:37:21
This is just a hint of things to come if the national health care fiasco isn't majorly gutted and started over. You think this is bad, you aint seen nothin yet.
Any kind of nation sponsored health care has never worked as planned, including medicare.
When medicare takes over the role of a doctor, as in your case, it is sad but predictable.
Unintended consequences of otherwise well intentioned plans. Unfortunately, they never go back and fix the unintended consequences.
You asked what if it was a cancer drug or some life sustaining drug. Well, according to the actual wording in Obama care, there will be a panel of "experts" that decide whether your treatment is worth it or not, based upon how much it will cost, whether you are productive or not, and your age. People have denied death panels, but there it is.
That said, how friendly do you think those panels will be to someone's depression? Generic celexa instead of lexapro? Maybe neither, take XYZ instead. The panel will instruct the doctor what to prescribe for you. It's all in the bill.
Anyway, sorry Phillipa. I don't personally see Lexapro being any great drug for you, but still, it could have been, ya never know, but to have the choice stolen from you by elitist paper pushers is really sad.
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