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Express Scripts Decides Cancer Patient’s Drug Isn’t Approved Yet, Shrugs

Express Scripts Decides Cancer Patient’s Drug Isn’t Approved Yet, Shrugs

Health insurance is supposed to make your life less stressful, not more. It’s supposed to help you treat illnesses, not keep you away from legitimate treatments. Yet mail-order pharmacy kept a life-extending treatment away from a terminal cancer patient, causing her extra stress and costing her time spent on the phone and not receiving treatment. [More]

Adventures In Crazy Birth Control Pricing

Adventures In Crazy Birth Control Pricing

Rebecca experienced the wrath of the birth control pricing gods on a Walgreens visit, discovering that the generic version of her pill, Yaz, was suddenly more expensive than the name-brand version. She braved her insurer’s customer service hell to track down some answers but only got more confusion. [More]