Posted on 02/24/2014 1:09:37 PM PST by yoe
When my mother was diagnosed with carcinoid cancer in 2005, when she was 49, it came as a lightning shock. Her mother, at 76, had yet to go gray, and her mother's mother, at 95, was still playing bingo in her nursing home. My mother had always been, despite her diminutive frame, a titanic and irrepressible force of vitality and love. She had given birth to me and my nine younger siblings, and juggled kids, home and my father's medical practice with humor and grace for three decades. She swam three times a week in the early mornings, ate healthily and never smoked.
And now, cancer?.....
[snip]As with most cancers, one thing led to another. There have been several more surgeries, metastases, bone deterioration, a terrible bout of thyroiditis (an inflammation of the thyroid gland), and much more....
[snip]And then in November, along with millions of other Americans, she lost her health insurance....
[snip]she called the insurer, Humana, HUM +10.33% to confirm that it would do so. The enrollment agent said that after she met her deductible, all treatments and medications—including those for her cancer—would be covered at 100%. Because, however, the enrollment agents did not—unbelievable though this may seem—have access to the "coverage formularies" for the plans they were selling, they said the only way to find out in detail what was in the plan was to buy the plan. (Does that remind you of anyone?)
(Excerpt) Read more at online.wsj.com ...
You know, the industrialists and captains of industry were all in favor of working with the Nazi German government in promoting...uhhh..”economic expansion”... and increased profits in the 1930’s, only to be picking through the rubble of their businesses for scraps of food 10 years later.
Wath out. Just went through a heartbreaker with friend hospitalized at major medical center. We watched as he suffered treatment and non-treatments repeated over and over these days by seniors on Medicare.
For instance, he was not given any nourishment because “he can feed himself”. But he was too weak to lift food to mouth. But if he can swallow he does not get assistance.
It took threat of legal action directly to administration to get IV nourishment. However, soon it became apparent that they were giving him only a fifth of the calories he needed. Not enough to help fight his infection.
If a sick person will get better he must have nourishment adequate to do so. Otherwise, he dies as much from dehydration and starvation as his disease. PRAY FOR AMERICA.
Sounds like Advair. My non-Medicare prescription drug plan made the same decision this year. They’re going to Dulera and Symbicort, both similar combinations of inhaled steroid and long term bronchodilator. Part of the rationale for the move is some problems that have been observed with long term use of salmeterol. My Doc won’t start anyone on Advair now, but also doesn’t believe in discontinuing it just because of the salmeterol issue, probably because the other drugs have warnings too.
Well, no, since a formulary is a list of the medications they’ll pay for, it suggests that’s exactly what the issue is.
Bump
You’re claiming Humana covers cancer-related medications for no one? Sorry, I’m not finding this conversation very enlightening.
as long as you can pay taxes to the government, Obamacare will probably pay. But once you start taking your money back from government, then all bets are off. They’ll ration your care till your dead.
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