{"id":787919,"date":"2026-05-11T03:27:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T03:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/787919\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T03:27:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T03:27:17","slug":"he-was-told-his-insurance-wouldnt-pay-for-his-medication-so-he-found-a-way-to-force-coverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/787919\/","title":{"rendered":"He Was Told His Insurance Wouldn\u2019t Pay for His Medication, so He Found a Way to Force Coverage"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A patient shares how his insurance company denied him basic medication but he found his way around it and got them to pay for his expenses!<\/p>\n

Check out the full story.<\/a><\/p>\n

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I\u2019ve had the same insurance for several years & have a lot of medical issues. The medical issues require me to take liquid medicine or my body doesn\u2019t absorb it (often requires sublingual or IV).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

He\u2019s been struggling with his health for sometime\u2026<\/p>\n

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I had been taking a medication for my thyroid that worked well and was covered by my insurance\u2026 New plan year starts with the same insurance company.<\/p>\n

My pharmacy called to let me know that insurance was denying the medication. The medication cost without insurance is less than $75\/month (under $1,000\/year).<\/p>\n

After several phone calls over 2wks, an especially long phone call with one of the companies patient advocates, I have a solution.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

UH OH\u2026<\/p>\n

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The patient advocate asked the pharmacy department of the insurance company to list all options that are covered by my plan\u2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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The insurance company covers IV thyroid medication (without prior authorization or step therapy) no questions asked.<\/p>\n

The IV medication cost to insurance is $4,500 PER MONTH!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

That\u2019s INSANE!<\/p>\n

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So here we are, my $900\/year medication that is now excluded from coverage is now costing the insurance company $54,000\/year!<\/p>\n

Corporate stupidity at its finest\u2026 No wonder medical care in America costs so much!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

GEEZ! That\u2019s expensive!<\/p>\n

How do people find their way around such situations?!<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s find out what folks on Reddit think about this one.<\/p>\n

This user shares how their insurance denied them asthma inhalers!<\/p>\n

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This user shares how they made their way around insured medication.<\/p>\n

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This user shares some facts about insulin.<\/p>\n

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This user has been alerted by this story!<\/p>\n

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This user knows insurance companies are really digging their own graves.<\/p>\n

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Somebody knows how to tackle tricky situations!<\/p>\n

If you enjoyed this story, check out this post<\/a> about a man who got his coworker fired when he stopped giving him rides.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pexels A patient shares how his insurance company denied him basic medication but he found his way around…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":787920,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[2882,210,5376,45478,1060,1184,6459,14442,213,1399,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-787919","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-medication","8":"tag-drama","9":"tag-health","10":"tag-issues","11":"tag-malicious-compliance","12":"tag-medication","13":"tag-medicine","14":"tag-money","15":"tag-picture","16":"tag-reddit","17":"tag-top","18":"tag-united-states","19":"tag-unitedstates","20":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116553819858927607","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=787919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787919\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/787920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=787919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=787919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=787919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}