I say this as someone who has had to fight for mediation many times, and as the sister of someone who was put on an $8000 a month drug that the insurance refused to cover. Today, they finally approved a much-needed drug for my brother’s life. He will, hopefully, be released from the hospital tomorrow. They hospital refused to discharge him until the pharmacy could assure them the medication would be ready, Fingers crossed this helps his quality of life. He nearly died last week. 😦
Month: March 2019
I’ll Hold Your Hand
https://chicagohealthonline.com/ill-hold-your-hand/
I’m very proud of my friend Erika for writing this.
The Mystery
“The mystery of death, the riddle of how you could speak to someone and see them every day and then never again, was so impossible to fathom that of course we kept trying to figure it out, even when we were unconscious.” ―Francine Prose
Will You See An Actual Doctor The Next Time You Go To The Doctor?
https://www.consumerreports.org/doctors/will-you-see-an-actual-doctor-when-you-go-to-the-doctor
If your insurance pays for you to see the doctor, and it’s a serious issue, DEMAND your appointment be with the doctor. Mine is booked six months in advance and I’m an established patient, so I’ve decided the best thing to do is find a new doctor who doesn’t tell her nurse she’s too busy to deal with me and I can see anyone else. Mind you, she said it in Spanish and the nurse tried to make it sound nicer. It wasn’t nice.