Too funny Michael!!

Paula, I am home, but get this one. Medicare Part D is such a wonderful things...NOT! I am far from well, but at least I am home and no longer on that damnable, uncomfortable gurney!

The doc rx'd a strong anti-nausea...keep in mind that the rx was written by an ER doctor on a hospital rx form. At noon today I dropped the rx off at the pharm. At 6pm, I found the energy once again to go out and pick up the rx.

Pharmacy..."The insurance company (my Part D plan) WON'T allow the rx to be filled without verbal authorization from the doctor."

Excuse me...isn't the fact that the doc is from the ER and the hospital RX form enough!!

So I said, how about a generic I pay for myself.
Yes, that is available, but even the generic is very expensive. That was kind of the Pharmacist to tell me that...there is still thoughtful people.

So...since Gettysburg is a small city due to the encroachment of the battlefields all around...I drive the two blocks to the hospital to ask that the doctor call the damnable insurance company. Even the doctor didn't know what to do, so I have to return with my formulary.

Besides, the TV commercial says that Part D is so wonderful that 90% of all eligable are enrolled. Goodness, I thought they were enrolled because Medicare is changing a retroactive penalty if you don't enroll...silly me...surely the TV commercial is right. I mean the people in the advertisement are so healthy and have such fun picniking in the countryside and parks.

Goodness...you would think that our fantastic Medicare would have insisted that all insurance companies use the SAME formulary.

Where is my head......must be in the clouds. Certainly a regular citizen wouldn't have the ability to figure this one out! So, I must be wrong about using the same formulary.

I don't sound cynical do I. Oops, how unkind of me!

FYI - I take my formulary with me when I suspect a new medication may be rx'ed, but I didn't think to do that last night since I could barely move and was "sick as a dog." Heck at one point it took me five minutes to figure out how to get out of my bed, and then many minutes to get out of the bed I think I am having a hard time getting rid of this c*** because I have three other infections going on right now.

I just love living alone with PD