Another American Rationing Story

Posted by Sir Four at 12:26pm Jul 21 '09
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I thought this stuff only happens in countries with <scary_voice>socialized medicine</scary_voice>

CareFirst Blue Cross is refusing to cover a prescription that they've been covering for a year now because, suddenly, ... [they have] decided that my prescription isn't "medically necessary."

You see, a Dr. James King, sitting in Baltimore, who has never met me, and doesn't even have access to the files my three different doctors have on me, has decided that, on reviewing my file (well, on reviewing whatever he actually has there in Baltimore), that my two specialists and general practitioner are wrong.

But the good news is that I can file an appeal with the faceless bureaucrat who cut me off. And who gets to decide my appeal? The same faceless bureaucrats at Blue Cross. At least with a federal medical plan, if a faceless bureaucrat cuts you off you can write to your congressman. Now all I have is some guy in Baltimore who's never even met me, and works for a company whose incentive is to deny me coverage in order to save money.

Attn. right wing: please ignore stories like these and keep using your scare talking point about government bureaucrats interfering with the doctor-patient relationship.