It’s time for regulators to take back the healthcare business from insurance companies. Pediatrics is “not profitable” so it is relegated to the refuse bin. My ophthalmologist will no longer perform cataract surgery because it’s a money loser. I thought patient care came first! But doctors, nurses, and other professionals have to be able to put food on the table at home, too. In the meantime, insurance companies have become banks and the patients can rot.Speaking of which, why did the FDA and patent office extend the exclusive on a drug like Eliquis when there are two generics already approved? I just paid the $522 my insurance won’t cover since rat poison - warfarin/Coumadin - is less expensive. My doctor wants me to take Eliquis, not rat poison because of safety issues. Does that make sense? Medicare won’t let me use a $10 coupon because it undercuts the objective of Medicare. In other words, it’s a bribe. That doesn’t make much sense to me either.

It’s time for regulators to take back the healthcare business from insurance companies. Pediatrics is “not profitable” so it is relegated to the refuse bin. My ophthalmologist will no longer perform cataract surgery because it’s a money loser. I thought patient care came first! But doctors, nurses, and other professionals have to be able to put food on the table at home, too. In the meantime, insurance companies have become banks and the patients can rot.Speaking of which, why did the FDA and patent office extend the exclusive on a drug like Eliquis when there are two generics already approved? I just paid the $522 my insurance won’t cover since rat poison - warfarin/Coumadin - is less expensive. My doctor wants me to take Eliquis, not rat poison because of safety issues. Does that make sense? Medicare won’t let me use a $10 coupon because it undercuts the objective of Medicare. In other words, it’s a bribe. That doesn’t make much sense to me either.

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