I spent nearly all day on the phone trying to get a prescription for Procardia — a standard, not new, not special, blood pressure medication. I have to take it in three doses because I don’t have a stomach and… Read More ›
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CHANGING MEDICAL PLANS – MASSADVANTAGE
I want to start by saying working with Blue Cross was great. They aren’t the cheapest service (or the most expensive), but they know how to run a medical plan. They approve requests for medication immediately and if you need… Read More ›
DIDN’T MOST AMERICANS HAVE MEDICAL COVERAGE BEFORE OBAMACARE? REPEAL IS UP TODAY OR TOMORROW!
The HEALTH CARE REPEAL BILL is back. Again. Maybe you thought it was finished and were paying attention to other stuff? McConnell and his evil party are planning to vote on REPEAL tomorrow or Wednesday. I got this directly from… Read More ›
WHAT INSURANCE DOESN’T COVER
Seeing. Hearing. Eating. Breathing. Breathing. No one covers asthma medication anymore. A while ago, insurance companies universally decided to stop covering medication to prevent asthma attacks. Most of us don’t have the medication anymore. We buy emergency inhalers because they cost around $50 — without insurance. The daily… Read More ›
WHY AREN’T YOU DEAD YET?
Why aren’t you dead yet? If you’re over 65 and/or on Medicare, or poor on Medicaid, that’s the message you’re getting. Out-of-pocket costs of Medicare have been going up annually, with ever-higher deductibles and premiums and a massive doughnut hole in prescription… Read More ›
HEART AND SOUL
I went to the cardiac surgeon the other day. I explained about the money problem. He apparently understood. Wow. A rational, friendly guy. With whom I had a normal conversation. I’m not used to that. I kept waiting for hostilities… Read More ›
MEDICARE – MAKIN’ ME CRAZY! IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE THIS BAD (REALLY)
I have a high IQ. I know this. I don’t say this as a brag, but as an illustration of the problem. I spent my professional life writing highly technical documents which means I know how to read a document too. I… Read More ›
Prompts for the Promptless – Ep. 9 – Gallows Humor: Dying Is Easy (Comedy Is Hard)
After I was told I had cancer in not one, but both breasts — they were having a two-for-one special at the Dana-Farber — I had them removed and replaced by silicon Hollywood quality implants. I stopped short of adding the fake nipples…. Read More ›
Weekly Writing Challenge: The State of the State: Dying of Laughter
It took me five months to get a new oncologist from Fallon, the HMO that runs my Medicare Advantage plan. It began last November when, in a necessary cost-cutting move, I gave up my Medigap policy and signed on with… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY - SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 