Still no cure for diabetes
Sep 10
Every month when the pharmacist puts through a refill on insulin or anything else diabetes related, the prescription is rejected and he has to call in. Every time, Blue Cross asks him the same question.
Are you sure she is still diabetic?
You’d think a health insurance company would be familiar with the fact that Type I diabetes is a chronic disease WITH NO CURE. The cost reduction plan at BCBS must revolve around wishful thinking.
What a bunch of morons.
I am sure you wife wishes there was a cure.
I have no faith in the insurance companies. Years ago mine asked me if I was sure I needed to go to the ER. My fingers and lips were blue, what do you think?
It turned out that I had a virus that caused an asthma attack.
Recently they threw a hissy fit because we had our boys wisdom teeth removed by a local surgeon. Instead of driving 1 1/2 hours both ways to the nearest in-network provider. Just what you want a 1 1/2 hour drive after having 4 wisdom teeth removed. Morons!!!!
Years ago when I had my impacted wisdom teeth out at the Oral Surgeon’s office- an hour from the nearest hospital, Our insurance company denied paying for Nitrous Oxide $200 charge to help ease the pain during surgery while I was awake.
The insurance co wanted me to be completely out under anesthesia at a charge of $1000. They’d pay it in full.
Even though both the surgeon & I explained at length that I have a history of not easily coming out of being fully under.
I had other surgery as a kid and almost died. I didn’t want to risk trouble again being so far from a hospital and ambulance services.
We were actually saving the insurance co $ by chosing a cheaper & safer alternative.
No, they insisted I would pay out of pocket for not going w/ their approved services.
Ok we did, I’m still here & lived to tell about it. Thank God.
My surgeon said only when he practiced on a Navy ship did he take wisdom teeth out on someone that was still awake. Other than the crunching noise, It wasn’t too bad an experience and I didn’t have the hangover feeling afterwards.
You would think that BCBS would be ecstatic that your wife is compliant and taking excellent care of herself. In the long run, she’s going to save BC/BS a ton of money. They should be paying her. Idiots. I will say that United Healthcare has been a pleasure to deal with regarding diabetic claims. BC/BS in Virginia wouldn’t approve my daughter’s insulin pump. Thank goodness we moved and got different insurance.
Does BCBS stand for Big Company Bull Shit?
BCBS of GA has been pretty good about my husband and his diabetic supplies. It’s the insulin pump company that was a gigantic pain to deal with. My husband is self-employed so our health plan is an individual plan, not a regular employer-subsidized group plan. The pump company couldn’t quite get that because we have a different plan and are paying for quite a bit of our medical expenses ourselves, that perhaps we needed slightly different services from them. They even destroyed the pump he sent in for repair without notifying him–because insurance companies are required to replace them every 4 years. It was cheaper for them to destroy the old one and get reimbursed for the new one–except that it WASN’T cheaper for US. My husband tried to make an analogy to Best Buy–that they wouldn’t destroy some equipment without at least offering to replace it and was told that Best Buy gets paid by customers and THEY get paid by insurance companies. Except when they don’t! The whole thing is really screwed up. Shutting up now….
And one might also wonder why insulin pens are covered by insurance, but the needle tips are not.