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Carolyns · 10-07-2009, 01:30 PM

Sheila,

This is SO wrong! Just another way to get around paying for treatment. I wish I had a bottle to send you.

My doctor shared with me how much harder it is getting every day to get what she needs for her patients via the insurance companies. She said she can spend half of her day explaining why she needs to get authorization for her patients. It is like the doctors have to adovcate and prove that we need what we need. I wonder how many doctors just run out of time to fight the insurance company.

I hope this gets resolved soon. It is so wrong.

Love, Hope, Peace, Carolyn

10-07-2009, 01:30 PM	#9
Carolyns Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: South Florida Posts: 477	Re: Insurance Company Does Not Want to approve TYKERB Sheila, This is SO wrong! Just another way to get around paying for treatment. I wish I had a bottle to send you. My doctor shared with me how much harder it is getting every day to get what she needs for her patients via the insurance companies. She said she can spend half of her day explaining why she needs to get authorization for her patients. It is like the doctors have to adovcate and prove that we need what we need. I wonder how many doctors just run out of time to fight the insurance company. I hope this gets resolved soon. It is so wrong. Love, Hope, Peace, Carolyn