Welcome To The Government Running Your Health Care (That'll Be $62,000, Please)
Jim Angle writes at FoxNews Politics that "ObamaCare patients with serious pre-existing diseases could face expensive drug costs":
People with serious pre-existing diseases, precisely those the president aimed to help with ObamaCare, could find themselves paying for expensive drug treatments with no help from the health care exchanges.Those with expensive diseases such as lupus or multiple sclerosis face something called a "closed drug formulary."
Dr. Scott Gottlieb of the American Enterprise Institute explains,"if the medicine that you need isn't on that list, it's not covered at all. You have to pay completely out of pocket to get that medicine, and the money you spend doesn't count against your deductible, and it doesn't count against your out of pocket limits, so you're basically on your own."
The plan had claimed it would rescue those with serious pre-existing conditions.
"So it could be that a MS patient could be expected to pay $62,000 just for one medication," says Dr. Daniel Kantor, who treats MS patients and others with neurological conditions near Jacksonville, Florida. "That's a possiblity under the new ObamaCare going on right now."
And this is completely okay with people who back the president, accepting the cult of personality.
Radwaste at February 17, 2014 4:59 AM
I wonder if you still can take it off on your taxes at the end of the year?
Jim P. at February 17, 2014 5:42 AM
Like the bumper sticker says,if you think health care is expensive now just wait until it's free.
DrMaturin at February 17, 2014 6:20 AM
Amy Alkon
https://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2014/02/welcome-to-the-24.html#comment-4265524">comment from DrMaturinMine used to be affordable. Gregg is going to help me figure out how to make it cheaper without screwing myself over. It just burns me that I've been responsible for decades, paying on my own for care so I'd be "in," and now I can't afford my care because of all the other people I'm paying for. It does warm the cockles of my heart, however, that my 60-something-year-old friend, who's had four children and a hysterectomy, will have maternity care available to her, as well as pediatric dentistry.
Amy Alkon
at February 17, 2014 6:50 AM
Amy, I'm most gratified that gay men will no longer worry about losing their obstetrical coverage.
DrMaturin at February 17, 2014 7:24 AM
Leave a comment