Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
Is it more expensive to maintain health or to try to restore it once it is lost?At 05:45 PM 12/16/02 -0800, Deborah Harrell wrote:--- The Fool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Michigan program limits drugs for low-income patients > ASSOCIATED PRESS > > LANSING, Mich., Dec. 16 -- Michigan acted legally > when it attempted to cut > health care costs by limiting the drugs doctors can > prescribe to > low-income patients, the state Court of Appeals said > in a decision > released Monday. It was a key victory for Michigan > Department of > Community Health in a case being closely watched by > other states eager to > curb rising prescription costs... <snip> Which is what many HMO's do to their "clients" (not called patients anymore, you know). I actually have no problem with _guidelines_ for drugs, but when you have to wade through multiple layers of (partially educated) beaurocrats before you can *finally* talk to the staff pharmacist, and explain that you've *already* tried the 'approved' drugs without success - thus wasting approx. 15-25 minutes on the phone - well, #@*@^*#! But at least they (the patients) can complain to the HMO 'Client Resources' person; will the disadvantaged have the same recourse? Or will their overworked doc have the time to "take on the system" on their behalf? Think I Know The Answer Already MaruOTOH, where *does* oneš hold the line on health costs?
That is the most relevant question.
Doug
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