Day 4: It’s late enough that I’m going to try to call the healthcare companies because now maybe I won’t have to wait hours on hold to get some information. They say they’re open 24 hours a day. I hope the person I get isn’t taking a nap! Today they...
Day5: Been looking over the three best plans to compare. Now I’ll call each insurance company to see what the criteria for “exceptions” is. Without exceptions I can’t compare the cost of each plan because if a drug is not in the formulary,...
Day 6: Okay, after a night’s sleep and a few prayers, I’m in a better mood. I mean how hard can it be to find one plan that will cover most of my medications? Even if they are brand names? I mean this is America, they say we have the finest Health Care....
Day 10: Today an insurance agent, Mr. Mubbles, is meant to come to tell me the advantages of the different insurance plans for Medicare Part D. I told one of the Medicare agencies, on the phone not to try to send me anyone who wanted to sell me something, especially...
Cutting Costs or Cutting Services I just read a really interesting article in the New York Times about how the nation’s major health insurers are reporting record profits for the third year in a row and I thought to myself “Wow, how do they sleep at night?” After...
