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Originally Posted by tony404
newsflash same thing happens with health insurance. When one allergy med went otc immediately we got a letter saying they would not write a prescription for any allergy medicine anymore.
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My mom takes medicine for her depression. She has tried a few different ones over the years with varying degrees of success. Her doctor got a new med in and gave her some samples to try. It worked brilliantly. It was the best thing she had ever tried. The insurance company told her and the doctor that they wouldn't pay for it until she had tried at least 3 other medicines that were on the list they provided. Of course the medicines on the list were a lot less money. Luckily, she had already tried 2 of them so she tried a third for a while and it didn't work nearly as well as the new one so she was able to switch. To me it is a clear case of the insurance company telling the doctor what to give the patient.