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1/5
Go to the 24 hour pharmacy to pick up a script, they tell me they can't fill it because it needs a prior authorization suddenly, I had no notice of this from either the doctor, the insurance company, or even the pharmacy despite their texts to pickup
1/5
Go to the 24 hour pharmacy to pick up a script, they tell me they can't fill it because it needs a prior authorization suddenly, I had no notice of this from either the doctor, the insurance company, or even the pharmacy despite their texts to pickup
2/5
It is midnight on a Friday, I use this 24 hour pharmacy because it is convenient for my sometimes crazy schedule. I look on the back of my UnitedHealthcare card and call the member number, navigate the call system, they're closed after 7pm and all weekend.
It is midnight on a Friday, I use this 24 hour pharmacy because it is convenient for my sometimes crazy schedule. I look on the back of my UnitedHealthcare card and call the member number, navigate the call system, they're closed after 7pm and all weekend.
3/5
The pharmacy, Walgreens, is unable to help, because just die, but they offer to sell it to me for cash, if life is what I chose, and I do, and pay them $640. When I get home I text my doctor's office to ask them to send in a pre-auth, usually that takes a week to ten days.
The pharmacy, Walgreens, is unable to help, because just die, but they offer to sell it to me for cash, if life is what I chose, and I do, and pay them $640. When I get home I text my doctor's office to ask them to send in a pre-auth, usually that takes a week to ten days.
4/5
Keep in mind that I am meanwhile paying the cost of the insurance premium for this lack of coverage of a drug that I have been taking for a couple years, that my doctor feels I need, that if I don't take I suffer pretty bad consequences.
Keep in mind that I am meanwhile paying the cost of the insurance premium for this lack of coverage of a drug that I have been taking for a couple years, that my doctor feels I need, that if I don't take I suffer pretty bad consequences.
5/5
The insurance company knows the prior auth will go through, there isn't an "alternative therapy" for this drug. They're just "managing costs" by forcing dependent patients to pick up a month or two of the drug or die. I can't imagine not having the money. #MedicareForAll
The insurance company knows the prior auth will go through, there isn't an "alternative therapy" for this drug. They're just "managing costs" by forcing dependent patients to pick up a month or two of the drug or die. I can't imagine not having the money. #MedicareForAll
