August 10, 2004

Sticker Shock

Today the prescriptions for Lovenox arrived from Medco Health my provider of prescriptions for my health plan through the United Church of Christ. The box was large. Inside was a sealed Styrofoam container and several cold packs to keep the syringes at a reasonable temperature. I was surprised by the mere volume of the order. Then I looked at the invoice and did a double take, It indicated that I was billed $40 for my co-pay. My insurance carrier was billed $7,467.28 for their portion. And to think that one of the doctors would have prescribed aspirin! My apologies to other members of the UCC health benefits plan. I'll ask more questions next time. Posted by Donel at August 10, 2004 06:22 PM

So, Donel, you've become a druggie. When Medco used to ship my expensive drugs, I was amazed at the amount of packing around them. Inside the carboard box was the styrofoam container. Inside that was bubble wrap and a couple of ice packs. Buried at the bottom were a few vials of the witches brew.

I had great fun gifting the coolers and ice packs away. Since you have a big house you will have plenty of places to store your loot.

Thanks for keeping us in the circle. You might check with Andy Lang at UCC to see if he would like to post your entries on the website link to Under the Weather clergy.

Did you receive our card about not wearing underwear?

Tata, Jennifer

Posted by: Jennifer at August 16, 2004 06:24 AM

Yup, Jennifer, I'm a junkie of sorts. I'll never get into recreatioal drugs however, as long as they are injectable!

And yes, we are still laughing over your card . . .how shall I describe it to those who can't see it?

The cover is a picture of a tall stern woman, probably taken in the 1920's. She is dreessed in a dark dress and jacket and stands ramrod straight holding a rectangular purse. Her feet are tight together and she wears a small pillbox hat, also dark grey. Her face displays a small frown.

Inside the card reads: "Hatti was first in her Bible study to eperience the unbridled excitement of no underwear."

Will that preach! :-)

Posted by: Donel at August 16, 2004 09:22 AM

Jennifer -- the card was very funny. We've been using a lot of therapeutic laughter surrounded by our family. However, it was a bit tricky explaining why the card was funny to our ten-year-old granddaughter. I did my best.

Posted by: Marilyn at August 16, 2004 11:03 PM
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