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No Vested Interest

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20. My problem is the physician, who is not the original prescriber.

Reply to Joinfortmill (Reply #19)

Sat Jun 18, 2022, 09:00 PM

Jun 2022

She told me she has "to protect herself".
I am an octogenarian, never even smoked anything and she has my complete medical history in front of her.
Yet I have to pee in a cup when I go routinely every 4 months, and last time the nurse took my purse away from me before I went into the bathroom.
I'm still livid about it.
Meanwhile, people are walking around with AR-15s and open carry, but old granny here is the one to be watched and inconvenienced.

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This is the review I just left for CVS. [View all] Maraya1969 Jun 2022 OP

Glad you got what you needed. Yes, the entire insurance/Rx/Pharma scam is a GD racket. CurtEastPoint Jun 2022 #1

Your superb post now resides on our Greatest Page, my dear Maraya1969! CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2022 #2

Oh thank you Peggy! Maraya1969 Jun 2022 #3

When I need to get a prescription refilled, PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2022 #4

Is this a small private pharmacy? There is one like that close to me and that is the one I want to Maraya1969 Jun 2022 #6

It's the one attached to my local hospital. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2022 #17

I'm glad you wrote that review Sanity Claws Jun 2022 #5

I had the same problem with my local Walgreens. I have an excellent, caring pain mgmt catbyte Jun 2022 #7

A. they should have known from your history you were not what they call Eliot Rosewater Jun 2022 #8

Mr Xanaduer has chronic pain XanaDUer2 Jun 2022 #9

They are threatened by law enforcement so they make it difficult for everyone questionseverything Jun 2022 #10

Maybe federal causing refill problems, but states are involved as well, I believe. No Vested Interest Jun 2022 #11

At this point it's everyone from the feds, states local cops to the pharmacist questionseverything Jun 2022 #12

Don't forget the media. LudwigPastorius Jun 2022 #14

Yep Rebl2 Jun 2022 #16

CVS is the worst from cost to ease of use. Tadpole Raisin Jun 2022 #13

My wife was treated the same way enigmania Jun 2022 #15

CVS is known for their biased attitude towards pain patients Cozmo Jun 2022 #18

So sorry. Horrible situation. No common sense. Joinfortmill Jun 2022 #19

My problem is the physician, who is not the original prescriber. No Vested Interest Jun 2022 #20

It's nuts. Joinfortmill Jun 2022 #23

I would think her job was to treat your condition so you could either get better or feel better. Maraya1969 Jun 2022 #24

I would take it as far as possible. Why on earth would your insurance company have to call them LoisB Jun 2022 #21

Looks like the half baked federal government has managed..... jaxexpat Jun 2022 #22