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SYMLIN Insurance Sticker Shock

SYMLIN Insurance Sticker Shock
I just spent 40 minutes on the phone and I'm not a happy woman.

The first call was from my local CVS pharmacy, who called to tell me that my two SYMLIN pens were ready to be picked up and could be all mine for $163.32 - more than what my insulin costs per month.

Yes, I'm well aware that my insurance SUCKS.

I told the Pharmacist to sit tight on my order, because I needed to do some research before I could commit.

My second call was to my insurance company, who confirmed the price - and told me that my plan didn't cover mail order medicine purchases. They also told me that 50 % of non-generic RXs are covered under my plan.

It still didn't make sense- The prices quotes I found on-line regarding SYMLIN was $225 - BEFORE INSURANCE KICKED IN.
SInce my insurance company pays 50% for non-generic RXs - it should cost me $112.50 out of pocket. Not great, but much more affordable.

My insurance company then forwarded my call to CVSCaremark - the company who handles the prescriptions for my insurance. CVSCaremarkwho confirmed that $163.32 was indeed the price I had to pay. The nice lady on the other end of the line told me that my insurance was covering 50% of the cost, and that CVSCaremark rate for SYMLIN is $325 - BEFORE INSURANCE. The nice lady on the other end of the line really felt bad wanted to know if there was something else I could take in place of the SYMLIN.

Like I said: MY INSURANCE SUCKS! But for the love of God, where the hell does my insurance company come up with these inflated prescription rates?!

The irony isn't lost on me. I fought Dr.J on SYMLIN for years, but last week I finally agreed, and was looking forward to experiencing positive results.

Now, I seriously have to consider the our of pocket cost of using SYMLIN.

And the cost of my good health if I don't.

What's best for my health is always the winner in the end. Let's face it, we don't have a choice when it comes to our health.

But I'm angry that my insurance company is forcing me to once again cut back in other areas of my life in order to stay healthy. I didn't choose diabetes, diabetes chose me.
And I've made diabetes work in my life, I really have.

I do the work, I educate others, and I don't spend a lot of time wishing my diabetes weren't so. Diabetes has made me stronger, it's given me a passion, a career, friends, and a platform - and I'm incredibly grateful for all of those things.

But diabetes has taken away people that I loved, and diabetes has forced me to always be in fighter mode.

Insurance company Practitioners of Bull Sh*t; consider yourself warned - I'll continue to bitch, but more importantly - I'll continue to fight you in order to stay healthy.

Posted by Mr. Boy at 11.31, Add Comment
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The Case for Homeopathic Medicine

The Case for Homeopathic Medicine
Homeopathy is forever under attack from denialists and homeophobes, many of them on this blog. They constantly and incessantly chant their mantras - 'there is no evidence', and 'it is no more than placebo', and other such nonsense.

So when Dana Ullman, a US homeopath, writes a superb article on 'the case for homeopathy' it is well worth reading. He starts - "A lot of people today are confused about what homeopathy is (and isn't)". And he makes a fine job at outlining the evidence for homeopathy, and dismissing the 'misinformation' that some scientists, and the denialists, regularly feed the public.

I am not going to precis his piece, when you can read it yourself! You can find it here.

http://www.naturalnews.com/029419_homeopathic_medicine_evidence.html
Posted by Mr. Boy at 09.00, Add Comment
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The Guardian caught

The Guardian caught
The mainstream media has been attacking anyone espousing 'drug-free' medicine. Foremost in the firing line has been Homeopathy. And foremost amongst the mainstream media attacking Homeopathy has been the Guardian Newspaper.

Now, the Guardian has been caught doing so.

"In a first for journalism, the UK’s Guardian national daily newspaper has been caught falsifying their own newspaper’s public record in a bid to airbrush the facts about vaccine-caused-autism.  Whilst some other media outlets have adopted the approach of ignoring the evidence and writing and broadcasting one-sided reports, this time The Guardian newspaper has been caught changing it.  The Guardian removed the evidence – gone without a trace – from their online newspaper.
http://childhealthsafety.wordpress.com/2011/08/09/uk-guardian-caught-falsifying-record/#comment-5031

It is not surprising that the cover-up has been discovered when the Guardian was looking at the Vaccination-Autism link. Big Pharma cannot allow people to realise that the link is strong, if not definite. And those in the pocket, or in the pay of Big Pharma strive hard not to publicise, or discuss the links.

So one of our major, and hitherto most respected newspapers, The Guardian is actually trying to stop you getting important information.

It will be interesting to see how the Guardian responds. It is losing readership steadily, and a major reason for this is that people can no longer trust it to tell the truth. Certainly, I no longer read what was once 'my' newspaper because I saw the lies the paper was telling about Homeopathy. If it could print anti-homeopathy pieces, and refuse to publish anything in response, how could I trust it to tell me the truth about other important issues?

And why should I, or anyone, buy a newspaper if it wasn't able to publish balanced, and impartial news?

If anyone has any doubts about whether they are being told the truth about health - by the Guardian, by the BBC, or by any other mainstream media outlet, read this piece.



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