Had a visit today. Victor from a home security service. Looking into getting Mom a medical panic button – the whole I’ve-fallen-and-I-can’t-get-up fear factor. Victor told a story that is Egads! worthy and then some.
His father had a kidney transplant and is going through dialysis. Everything has been covered by Medicare. Last weekend he went into the doctor, found he’d contracted an infection and the doctor prescribed an antibiotic for immediate treatment. When he picked up his month’s supply, the pharmacist said the bill was $4,000!
He said he couldn’t pay that. He was then told that Medicare would only cover it if he were admitted to the hospital. SO, he was admitted – although he didn’t need to be – and got the medicine he needed. The $4,000 prescription turned into, what, at least $1,000 more – how much is a hospital room overnight?!
The system is broken – let’s start keeping score and see if we can get these things fixed!
Settling the Score…
Another day in the Libby case; another key witness contradicting Libby’s story. While we find out “what really happened” and how guilty Libby is, let’s not obscure the root of the problem. If Libby is the fall guy, let’s view the situation as such. Key factors: Cheney is being fingered as the perpetrator of the Plame rumor spreading. AND, witnesses and circumstantial evidence are claiming that the root cause is corruption of facts, particularly in Joe Wilson’s finding that Saddam Hussein was not soliciting Africa for Uranium. And there is still the matter of a forged letter held as a contradiction of Wilson’s report.
