To say that the health care system in this country is hideous is as much of an understatement as saying I’m a winner. If you don’t believe me just read on and enjoy the tale that follows dear reader. Or deer reader, depending on your species of course.
A few weeks ago I had to get a prescription for some pretty strong antibiotics filled. If not for my medical insurance, the pills I am taking would have cost me over $1800.00 for just 25 pills. When I discovered the non-benefit price, I was appalled. I mean I can understand pills costing one that much if they were made from ground up unicorn horn or leprechaun bones, but I’m pretty sure neither of those things is in the pills I’m having to take in an attempt to just get healthy. Aside from the cost issue I also had to endure another example of ineptitude concerning our drug laws.
When I went into the pharmacy to fill the antibiotic prescription I also had a pain pill refill I needed to get. I went to the pharmacy nearest my house. The woman at the pharmacy informed me that they did not have the antibiotics at that particular location but that she could call it in across town as that is where they were. The woman also said that she would go ahead and have them refill my pain pills too. I told her that was fine and made the trek across town.
Yesterday I went to the original pharmacy near my home to refill my pain pills as I am in what one might consider to be a significant amount of pain. It is a level somewhere between stubbing your toe and being burned alive. Somewhere in there. The woman at the pharmacy informed me that she could not refill them at that location but that the location across town could refill it. I asked her why that was, thinking that they may have been out. Nope. According to Oklahoma state law a transfer of a prescription for something that is considered to be a controlled substance can only be made once so they wouldn’t be able to transfer the pain pill prescription back to the location that is within walking distance of my house. She said that she would be able to refill the antibiotics at that location, but not the pain pills. She couldn’t understand why I thought that was ludicrous.
There was really no other point to that missive then to relay a very boring and uninteresting story that happened to me recently. That’s about it. Lucky you.
I would like to take this space and thank all of those who voted this last Tuesday. Thank you so much for bringing about what will hopefully be the change this country has long been overdue for. I hope we don’t blow it.
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SONG - Hey Jude by The Beatles - If I have to even explain why I’m recommending a song by the greatest band of all time, then you’d best re-assess your personal music tastes chief.
MOVIE - Talk Radio - This is an amazing movie and contains one of the most impassioned monologues ever put on film.
- Joel David
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