Re: Sharing RX medication to save $

elgoog wrote:
> > You jump to an erroneous and dangerous conclusion. I did not say I
do
> > this. I don't share my meds.
>
> Neither. The familiar "you" was not intended to refer to you
> personally. I apologize for my lack of clarity.

Apology accepted. And I offer an apology for taking it the wrong way.


> [...] The copay system is designed to introduce an element
> of patient responsibility without introducing undue financial burden.
A
> person who is not in need of cash assistance might have a $20 copay,
> another person who is on cash assistance might have only a $2 copay.

With private insurance, the co-pay (normally?) has nothing to do with
your financial need. In fact, it's probably inversely related.

This year, I selected my co-pay. To get a lower co-pay, I had to pay
higher premiums.

> You're probably right. It probably does happen. Especially when one
of
> the patients is conning the doctor for purposes of drug abuse - in
> which case, I don't have much sympathy.

In that case, neither do I. But how about a father with four sick
children and a big co-pay? If it meant the difference between getting
antibiotics for some of the child vs all of the children, would your
sympathies be different?

> I appreciate your response in this matter. You have helped me to see
> that it may in fact be happening. People do stupid things sometimes.

For children, how much insurance they have is not their choice or their
responsibility. And if the children are unlucky enough to have parents
who are working but low income, without good insurance, they're the
loser.

.

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