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Ivermectin coverage by health insurer -Vanity

Posted on 11/11/2021 4:46:17 AM PST by Honest Nigerian

I was reading through a monthly summary of prescription drug benefits of a family member. And I saw this notation in section 4 regarding updates to the plan’s drug list. It says that beginning November 1, 2021 “prior authorization“ will be required for ivermectin. And that the insured or their doctor will need to get approval from the plan before they will agree to cover the drug for that insured individual. Now, I am not sure how difficult they will make it to get the preapproval, but this certainly smacks of more corporate practice of medicine, And more layers of complexity and bureaucracy. I do understand that an insurance company would have an interest in reducing their costs. However, ivermectin is off patent, and incredibly inexpensive to manufacture. Furthermore, as either a therapeutic or preventative measure I find it hard to imagine anything else with a greater cost benefit for Covid sufferers. When a person is in a fascist system, they come to realize that the government does not truly care about the citizens. I know I am preaching to the converted. But I wanted to give others a heads up on ivermectin coverage by insurance plans, and see what others may have experienced.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Health/Medicine; Science
KEYWORDS: hcq; hydroxychloroquine; ivermectin
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To: BOBWADE

Wilco will let you have one tube if you say you have a horse. Otherwise ValleyVet.com has plenty but takes a couple days.

The key is to get it onboard asap and get it working with zinc.


21 posted on 11/11/2021 6:06:05 AM PST by bray (Our patience is wearing thin Joe)
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To: BOBWADE

*** Do you know the names of retail farm supply places that carry it? My wife tested positive for covid yesterday. I tested negative twice in the last 2 weeks but we are both quarantined. ***

My Wally World carries it. Over by fish, and hamster stuff. $7.49 a tube. It says Horse Health Paste on the box which is about the size of a medium tooth paste tube box.


22 posted on 11/11/2021 6:15:39 AM PST by sockmonkey (Conservative. Not a Neocon.)
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To: struggle

“ Just buy horse ivermectin and take a pea-sized drop.

Tastes like absolute $h*t but it killed my covid in a day.”

The dispenser has marked 50 pound increments on the plunger. If you weight 150, you lock it in at 3 increments. If you weight 225, lock it in at 5 (round up). I mix mine with applesauce and you can’t even tell it’s there.


23 posted on 11/11/2021 6:20:39 AM PST by BlueMondaySkipper (Involuntarily subsidizing the parasite class since 1981)
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To: BOBWADE

“ Do you know the names of retail farm supply places that carry it? My wife tested positive for covid yesterday. I tested negative twice in the last 2 weeks but we are both quarantined.”

Order it off Amazon if you can’t find it locally


24 posted on 11/11/2021 6:21:25 AM PST by BlueMondaySkipper (Involuntarily subsidizing the parasite class since 1981)
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To: Honest Nigerian

Try asking the staff. D&B Supply had it on the shelf & then it was removed. A friend went to get some, & after assuring the staff person she wanted it for her HORSE, she was allowed to buy it.


25 posted on 11/11/2021 6:26:31 AM PST by Twotone (While one may vote oneself into socialism one has to shoot oneself out of it.)
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To: Honest Nigerian

The good news is that you can get ivermectin 20 tablets for $34 with a GOODRX coupon.


26 posted on 11/11/2021 6:31:04 AM PST by Presbyterian Reporter
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To: BOBWADE

https://www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail.html?pgguid=4D9A49D8-394F-46B3-883C-733D88C2C257


27 posted on 11/11/2021 6:31:44 AM PST by Karl Spooner
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To: \/\/ayne
The link shows not available at stores or for delivery.

I know. But I just tried the TS store here in Aiken County, SC and was able to get curbside delivery. Didn't finish the order as I have plenty of horse paste on hand.

The stuff you read about not being for humans is BS. I've been taking the paste for the past 3 months with no problems.

28 posted on 11/11/2021 6:36:12 AM PST by upchuck (The longer I remain unjabbed, the more evidence I see supporting my decision. Psalm 144:5-8)
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To: BOBWADE
Do a search for a brand name that only contains ivermectin and gel and no other medicines. Then click on Shopping, research vendors, and buy. We got 16 tubes @ $5 each which was enough for free shipping. The cost per tube was less than Amazon and local tractor supply stores. Normal flavor though, and not apple, but if you get the Wuhan your taste goes away. (grin)

But remember the prophylactic does is .2mg/kg 1x per week or month (sources vary) but the infection dose is 2x-3x PER DAY for 5 days AT FIRST SIGN OF SYMPTOMS. I didn’t know about the increased dose and probably would have gotten over it more quickly had I done so.

29 posted on 11/11/2021 6:36:21 AM PST by The Truth Will Make You Free
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To: Honest Nigerian

I didn’t even submit my ivm/zinc prescription to our health insurance. It was about 60, and I’m going to refill it and not submit that either.


30 posted on 11/11/2021 6:57:50 AM PST by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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To: bert

My parents were prescribed ivm/zinc when they got covid, and their doctor prescribed it for my sister and I when we moved into their house to care for them for two weeks. My folks are doing great, covid was relatively mild for them, mainly fatigue, loss of appetite, and brain fog.

My sister and I never got covid,, never had symptoms, we tested negative to clear quarantine after ten days.


31 posted on 11/11/2021 7:04:01 AM PST by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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To: BOBWADE

Bob:

If you tested negative once, why go back and test again?


32 posted on 11/11/2021 7:07:37 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (This is NOT a pandemic of the unvaxx'd. It is a complete loss of common sense.)
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To: BOBWADE

pushhealth.org is where I get Hydroxychloroquine for me and Ivermectin for my wife.


33 posted on 11/11/2021 7:24:07 AM PST by neverbluffer
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To: struggle

Don’t take the veterinary version.... Get a script for FDA approved for human usage Soolantra (Ivermectin). Good RX shows local price here for 20 3 mg tablets at $29.72. Do not even try to get your insurer cover it. Believe my, THEY WON’T unless you are taking it for helminthic purposes.
I have had some trouble getting a pharmacy to dispense it but after calling a few I have found one who will.
The insurers are, in my opinion, practicing medicine without a license, but of course they claim they are not telling you what you should or should not take, they are just telling you what they will pay for !


34 posted on 11/11/2021 7:40:59 AM PST by DrHFrog
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To: protoconservative

Excellent advice!


35 posted on 11/11/2021 8:36:58 AM PST by curious7
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

My wife’s symptoms started subsequent to my most recent test.


36 posted on 11/11/2021 10:57:28 AM PST by BOBWADE (WWG1WGA)
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To: DrHFrog

Thanks, I’ll stick with the horse version. What’s good enough for million dollar race horses is good enough for me.


37 posted on 11/11/2021 11:07:12 AM PST by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: steve86

“...What’s good enough for million dollar race horses is good enough for me.”
Now that’s funny !!


38 posted on 11/11/2021 12:20:26 PM PST by DrHFrog
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To: Honest Nigerian

I just checked with my anthem medicare plan and Ivermectin 12mg 20 pills will cost me 1.66


39 posted on 11/11/2021 2:05:01 PM PST by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
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To: Presbyterian Reporter
The good news is that you can get ivermectin 20 tablets for $34 with a GOODRX coupon.

That's not the hard part, the hard part is finding a place to even give you the prescription in the first place.
40 posted on 11/11/2021 2:38:07 PM PST by Svartalfiar
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