Our insurance company has decided to switch pharmacy benefit managers as of January 1st, 2008. Yesterday I opened a letter from this new company that was addressed to my 14 year old son.
I'm not sure how to handle the issue that they are addressing a 14 year old dependent instead of the policy holder, my husband.
However after reading through this 2 page letter, I finally figured out that this jerks (insert your own expletives if you wish) have decided to remove a whole lot of drugs from the formulary that exists now under the present pharmacy benefits manager.
One of the drugs they intend to remove is strattera, which is in the antidepressent class. The only drugs they are offering in its place are all in the stimulant class.
At the moment I'm working through the sheer rage that these jerks keep thinking they can continue to play God like this. Stratter works for my son. None of the drugs in the stimulant class work as well for him and he doesn't do well with the side effects.
I know other parents have this same experience. Maybe not with strattera, but with other drugs and other insurance coverage issues.
These people have no business taking options away from us like this. The insurance industry needs to be taught some huge lessons. And I'm still struggling with the most effective way to do this.
Cathy Anderson
I'm not sure how to handle the issue that they are addressing a 14 year old dependent instead of the policy holder, my husband.
However after reading through this 2 page letter, I finally figured out that this jerks (insert your own expletives if you wish) have decided to remove a whole lot of drugs from the formulary that exists now under the present pharmacy benefits manager.
One of the drugs they intend to remove is strattera, which is in the antidepressent class. The only drugs they are offering in its place are all in the stimulant class.
At the moment I'm working through the sheer rage that these jerks keep thinking they can continue to play God like this. Stratter works for my son. None of the drugs in the stimulant class work as well for him and he doesn't do well with the side effects.
I know other parents have this same experience. Maybe not with strattera, but with other drugs and other insurance coverage issues.
These people have no business taking options away from us like this. The insurance industry needs to be taught some huge lessons. And I'm still struggling with the most effective way to do this.
Cathy Anderson