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To: Lane3 who wrote (1670)	8/15/2001 3:27:47 PM
From: The Philosopher	Respond to of 1857

Is this an unintended consequence of the insurance companies' (and Medicare's) severe cutbacks in what they will pay for drugs? In my case, the insurance tried to increase my copay for a drug from $10 to $35 per month, even though the alternate drug they wanted me to use had, in my case, life-threatening side effects. When I got nowhere on an appeal I sued them, and they caved. But people less assertive than I might just have done without the drug, or gone without other essentials to pay for it. We're getting closer and closer to a very dangerous position where bookkeepers determine the quality and availability of medical care and therapies.