Re: NEWS - Patients suffer as a result of insurance pricing scheme

[Guest guest]

I think the long term scheme is too only provide health insurance to healthy

people unless they have an accident which results in a medical injury.

Stan

Seattle, Sun!

[Guest guest]

I guess I should consider myself lucky that my insurance company is

putting a cap of $100 a month on our co-pays for the higher priced

medications like Enbrel. Still, I'd prefer to use that money for

something else.

Sue

On Apr 20, 2009, at 8:51 AM, wrote:

> American College of Rheumatology

> 20 Mar 2009

>

> " The Tier IV pricing system essentially represents discriminatory

> pricing for certain patients,” explains King, MD, a

> rheumatologist in Tupelo, Miss. “Asking my patients to pay 20 to 40

> percent of their drug costs out-of-pocket (often up to $600 each

> month) means they will not have access to these life-altering

> therapies. My office has been flooded with calls from worried patients

> since the Tier IV system took effect. They are fearful of losing

> access to medicines that afford them the ability to lead independent,

> productive lives, and this is of great concern to me as their

> rheumatologist.”