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John – I recently spent another round of hours fighting with my insurance company for coverage of my diabetes medication.
I’m used to the dance by now:
Go to the doctor for a sign-off to justify the medication that keeps me alive.
Spend hours on the phone with the insurance company arguing with them until they approve it.
THEN go to the pharmacy to get my prescription filled.
Like I said, I know the dance, and as irritating as it is, I know I’m still one of the lucky ones.
The private health insurance industry is designed to make people give up and not file the claims they are owed. That is literally how they make their profits – by collecting premiums and denying claims.
But they are playing with people’s lives. |
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A few months ago, a bombshell new report from the CDC found that at least 9 million Americans are not taking their medications properly – cutting pills, skipping doses, or simply not getting prescriptions filled – because they can’t afford it.
As a diabetic, I am of course grateful that President Biden got insulin prices capped at $35 a month for Medicare patients (a bill my opponent voted against). But...
...Insulin is only one drug. This is a problem across every part of our healthcare system. And over two-thirds of diabetics like me do not use insulin to manage our condition.
...The cap ONLY applies to Medicare, not Medicaid, not people on private insurance like I have, and not people who don’t have any insurance at all.
For someone like me, skipping doses, delaying a refill, or reducing my dosage to stretch my medications out are NOT an option.
I fear for the millions of Americans who are doing this. I pray you are not one of them, and if you find yourself in that impossible situation please know that I am committed to reigning in Big Pharma when I am elected.
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My opponent takes tens of thousands of dollars from Big Pharma every election to vote NO on lowering our healthcare costs, and he’s not alone.
The healthcare industry spends hundreds of millions of dollars lobbying and donating to Congress every year – a drop in the bucket for this $4 trillion dollar industry.
Congress has to get serious about taking on Big Pharma and corporate healthcare. That’s why I won’t take a dime from Pharma PACs or any other corporate lobbyist.
More soon,
- David |
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