Guest guest Posted March 2, 2001 Report Share Posted March 2, 2001 Saw a message about Remicade and my experiance was ....I work for General Motors and our health insurance is with BC/BS and our drug program administered with Merck/Medco. My doctor has a Remicade administator in her office three times a week to give patients the infussions. I received all the literature and a tape to look at to explain everything. My Dr prescribed it for me and it was Flatly 100% refused! They said it was not FDA approved for Psoriatic Arthritis and therefor it couldn't and wouldn't be approved. fought with them, got the Start Insurance commisiors office involved to no avail..so I just gave up. It makes me and My doctor mad that the insurance companies seem to be running the show now. And they are REALLY dumbb. To show you... I've been on Monipril for about 11 years and they have always paid it and I pay the co-pay. They desided about 4 months ago that it isn't in there " FORMULARY " so I was given an alternative that just happens to be manufactured by Merk and they'll pay for it but not the Monipril anymore. The Monipril was costing them about $41.00 a month and the one they will pay for now cost them $74.00 a month..You figure it.. Anyways have a good weekend ...Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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