Battle Delayed

My battle with the insurance company will have to wait until Monday. They don’t deal with “problems” on the weekend. Here is what I find annoying; they are going to give me the drug I need. They are going to, after hours on the phone, followed by hours of my doctor’s staff being on the phone give me the drug I need at the prescribed level that I need. I know this because they always cave after I push hard enough.


Here is the issue. It is wrong to make sick people fight to get the drugs that their doctors prescribe them. It is wrong and costly to make my medical provider fight for the drug that in his best judgment will heal me. Is it ridiculous that these drugs cost so much? Of course it is, but that is a policy problem not a patient problem. 


I think that what bothers me the most is the knowledge that these corporate fat cats probably harass a few people every day (perhaps a lot more) into giving up. I get angry not because their pushing me around, but because I know their pulling this same stunt with people who can’t defend themselves. Through their greed they cause people to die needlessly.



One Last thought on a different topic. Today I stopped by the church to work. When it was time to go home I told Bradley to pack up and he said, "I don't want to go home because people interrupt my playing to much". It's true, we do interrupt his playing a lot. I wish everyone felt as good about being at church as my son does.