Medical Industry Blues

I have more stress (and more ailments) since I have health care and have been seeing doctors than I had when I had no health care and only saw a free clinic doctor for an emergency. Also on more medications. No coincidence, I say. I almost dropped my new primary today and am still not sure I'm staying with my GI specialist. In spite of my informing them of certain needs, I have gotten worse because they did not pay attention and ignored the fact that the medications other doctors were prescribing were going to make me sicker. I may talk to a lawyer if this keeps up. The source of the problem is not just poor communication between medical professionals and a lack of listening and caring, but a blue cross pharmacy provider that refused to cover the latest prescription (that I wouldn't have needed had the doctors listened two months ago) and the doctors would not resolve the problem, give a different medication, or even talk to me (I spoke with at least twenty different medical assistants and blue cross people and heard completely contradictory responses from all parties). The district pharmacy supervisor called me twice and said she'd call back but hasn't. The blue cross rep tried to call their pharmacy insurance provider today and could not get through. The GI doctor's medical assistant said that the doctor says I may end up in the hospital and need surgery if I don't take the med her ordered. I told him I don't have $2000 for 8 pills that the pharmacy wants and I should not have to pay because the insurance plan says it covers the medication. Probably why the pharmacy insurance will not answer blue cross either. Hopefully the body will find a way to cure itself and the dire consequences the GI doctor predicts will not come to pass.

So how was your day?

Narf :}