Insurance companies and Medicaid have too much control over what medications we are approved for. They are denying medically necessary medications. I personally am going to lose cujstody of my special needs son because they won't approve my medications. Despite my doctor's numerous attempts at telling them I literally cannot function without this medication.
WE HAVE TO TAKE BACK OUR HEALTHCARE. WE HAVE TO STOP THE PENCIL PUSHERS HIDING BEHIND THEIR RED TAPE FROM DENYING MEDICALLY NECESSARY MEDICAITIONS. I cannot imagine how many people are living less than functional lives because big corporate insurance companines and Medicaid are denying these medications. Our doctors and us know our health better than the non professionals sitting behind some desk deciding our fate.
Dear President Obama & Ms. Tavenner,
I am writing to beg of you to look into insurance companies and Medicaid and how they deny medically necessary medications. I wish I had statistics and facts to send you but I have not yet been able to find any studies or surveys done on the this matter.
I am sure though that I am NOT the only one this is happening to. I have been fighting Medicaid for 7 months now to approve a medically necessary medication that I need to function. Without this medication I cannot take care of my 16 year old autistic, bipolar son. (We will know too in a month if he has the narcolepsy like I do.)
It's has got to STOP that insurance companies are playing doctor. They are dismissing what our doctors are prescribing for us. My son hallucinates and has since he was 6 years old. He is on a medication that stops them. However we were trying to lower the dose a little because he was on a pretty high dosage. We have tried this in the past with no success. My son's psychiatrist again wanted to lower the medication for him to go from 80mg at bedtime to 60mg at bedtime. Instead Medicaid said they would only approve 40mg at bedtime. We appealed they still denied. He is now hallucinating again and we have to again appeal. He is in shear hell going through this again.
To top all that off I can't even have him at home because Medicaid is denying my medication for me to function to take care of him so he is with other caregivers.
Insurance companies have WAY TO MUCH CONTROL. What happened to the day when a doctor could prescribe a medication, you took the script into the pharmacy and got it filled? Instead people are being made to wait days if not weeks to get medications approved, or tofind out they are denied. What happened to our doctors knowing what was best for us?
Please help me in getting the regulations changed on how much rights the insurance companies have in approving/denying medications that for many of us are life altering. I BEG OF YOU TO TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY. I WILL NOT STOP UNTIL SOMEONE TAKES NOTICE AND MAKES SOME CHANGES.
Sincerely,
Kimmery Mackie
