Went to pick up 2 prescriptions today. I am doubly insured, both through my job (BCBS PPO) and my husband’s job (HMO). Total for a 1-month supply was $1812.75. Neither insurance covered a dime, so I went without. Just letting you know it happens to MDs, too, and it’s shameful. 1/

These were FDA-approved prescriptions, both prescribed for “on-label “ use by my PCP for criteria which I meet. They weren’t written by me, my husband or a friend. But 2 insurance companies get to decide whether or not my condition is worth treating, not my doctor. 2/
So, it’s a lottery. Why should the insurance executives get to decide who and what is worth treating? Do I waste my doctor’s time appealing when he is already burnt out by spending 18 minutes clicking buttons for the 2 minutes of face time he got with me? His time is valuable. 3/
And I feel bad knowing he skips lunch or misses dinner w/ his family to do these things and makes less money than he did 25 yrs ago when he started out. So I will wait. And play the game of trying to change insurance at open enrollment time to find one that covers these meds. 4/
Insurance cards are often not worth the plastic they are printed on. There is no generic for these. No GoodRx. And I will sleep tonight and be alive in the morning. But the person like me who couldn’t afford their insulin or they’re asthma medication might not be so lucky. /X
So, it’s okay to be angry and frustrated. But be mad at the SYSTEM, not your physician, because they are the person you get to see. They may be a person just like me who is also getting shit upon in the same way you are. And let’s get angry collectively and fix it for ALL of us.

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The chorus of this song uses the shlokas taken from Sundarkand of Ramayana.

It is a series of Sanskrit shlokas recited by Jambavant to Hanuman to remind Him of his true potential.

1. धीवर प्रसार शौर्य भरा: The brave persevering one, your bravery is taking you forward.


2. उतसारा स्थिरा घम्भीरा: The one who is leaping higher and higher, who is firm and stable and seriously determined.

3. ुग्रामा असामा शौर्या भावा: He is strong, and without an equal in the ability/mentality to fight

4. रौद्रमा नवा भीतिर्मा: His anger will cause new fears in his foes.

5.विजिटरीपुरु धीरधारा, कलोथरा शिखरा कठोरा: This is a complex expression seen only in Indic language poetry. The poet is stating that Shivudu is experiencing the intensity of climbing a tough peak, and likening

it to the feeling in a hard battle, when you see your enemy defeated, and blood flowing like a rivulet. This is classical Veera rasa.

6.कुलकु थारथिलीथा गम्भीरा, जाया विराट वीरा: His rough body itself is like a sharp weapon (because he is determined to win). Hail this complete

hero of the world.

7.विलयगागनथाला भिकारा, गरज्जद्धरा गारा: The hero is destructive in the air/sky as well (because he can leap at an enemy from a great height). He can defeat the enemy (simply) with his fearsome roar of war.
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