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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (647432)3/10/2012 11:51:24 AM
From: i-node  Read Replies (1) of 1572207
 
>> On the other hand, after reading the testimony by Sandra Fluke, I now believe that Rush was wrong in insulting Ms. Fluke. She was focusing her testimony on the usage of birth control pills being used to treat polycystic ovarian syndrome.

I never thought Limbaugh was "right" -- but he is an entertainer and as such he can say what he wants to, just as do Letterman and Maher.

The second part of her presentation did focus on using birth control pills for this purpose; the beginning of it was about contraception.

If, in fact, they are concerned about treatment of illness this is easily dealt with. This is what medical coding is all about. When you have a contraceptive that is coded with a non-family-planning diagnosis, it is clear what it is for.

10 years ago I had a customer who was a gynecologic oncologist. He would, in some cases, use massive doses of medroxyprogesterone (AKA Depo Provera, a contraceptive) to treat certain cancers. Medicare refused to pay for this "contraceptive" for its patients. In the end, to get Medicare to pay for this, he had to either eat the cost of it or have the patient pay for it -- while commercial insurances routinely paid for it. Medicare probably would have, too -- if they had any rational system for appealing the charges. This argument has been going on for years.

The federal government is and always has been the biggest offender when it comes to utilization review.
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