Sunday, March 21, 2010

Government Healthcare Working For You

Lest you think that somehow denial of services will go away when you’re in a government plan.

For nearly a decade, Paula Oertel’s brain tumor was kept at bay by a drug that was not approved to treat her condition.

Then Oertel did something she never imagined would jeopardize her good health. She moved. Less than 30 miles - from one county in Wisconsin to another.

The move triggered a review of her health insurance from Medicare, which eventually led to a loss of coverage, including the drug. And the tumor returned within four months.

(5) Comments
Posted by Owen at 1022 hrs
Politics + Politics - General

  1. Maybe if the Republicans would’ve flooded the media with these stories like the left did, they would’ve stood a chance to prevent this monstrosity of a bill from wreaking the havoc it will.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on March 22, 2010 at 0909 hrs


  2. The accomplice media was not interested in these stories until their Congressional friends were done with mandating Federally controlled health care.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on March 22, 2010 at 0916 hrs


  3. Of course people with group insurance or a PPO has suffered from these problems all the time, but when a private insurance company acts in a high-handed manner, there’s no reason for you to worry about it because it doesn’t fit the narrative that you are selling.

    Why didn’t the doctor ask until his patient was told that this was not an authorized treatment? Why haven’t the drug companies bothered to do the testing to show that this works?

    “His office also contacted Biogen, the maker of interferon (Avonex) to see if it would supply the drug for free on the grounds of medical hardship. That too was denied because the drug was being used for someone who was not diagnosed with MS.”

    I guess they don’t want their product to have a wider use.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on March 22, 2010 at 1057 hrs


  4. Why did’t the doctor ask until his patient was told that this was not an authorized treatment?

    He probably knew, but they were paying for it so why rock the boat.

    Why haven’t the drug companies bothered to do the testing to show that this works?

    Maybe they are and either found that it didn’t work or it hasn’t been approved yet.  Or, perhaps, there are billions of possible chemical combinations that could be tested against different ailments, but they have limited resources and have to pick and choose. 

    I guess they don’t want their product to have a wider use.

    Or they don’t want to be sued for giving their drug for an unapproved treatment should the woman be injured or die.  It’s all altruistic and fun until you’re sued for $10 million.  Just because they may give it for free does not make them immune from responsibility.

    Posted by Owen on March 22, 2010 at 1149 hrs


  5. Thanks for posting this timely post on healthcare.

    Posted by autism on March 22, 2010 at 1733 hrs


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