Medicare Won't Cover Some Anxiety Drugs

Published

from comcast.com news:

medicare won't cover some anxiety drugs

by kevin freking, associated press writer

mon jun 27, 10:21

washington - when the federal government's new prescription drug benefit kicks in next year, it will not cover a category of drugs commonly used to treat anxiety, insomnia and seizures.

that means those disabled and elderly people on medicare who take xanax, valium, ativan and other types of the drug benzodiazepine will have to look elsewhere for coverage or switch to a different, less addictive medication.

full story: http://www.comcast.net/news/health/index.jsp?cat=healthwellness&fn=/2005/06/27/165368.html

Won't cover anxiety drugs, but will cover Viagra for sex offenders.

Nice to know priorities are still in check....

Actually Medicare will not really be covering anything, it will be the disable and the elderly. Medicare has instructed drug companies to come up with a list of drugs they are willing to provide, and of course make a profit. Medicaid is setting up even stricter guidelines and reducing the more expensive drugs, they are willing to cover. As for the Viagra, the errors, in the Medicaid laws are being corrected.

Grannynurse :balloons:

who will continue to purchase her drugs in Canada

God forbid if some older gentleman should be impotent, but it's OK for his wife to become sleep deprived, get confused wandering around in the middle of the night, trip over the rug and break her hip - all because she couldn't pay for her nightly .25 of Ativan.

Yes, but at least he'll get to have "his way" with her!

Medicare is gonna leave nursing homes full of aroused anxious insomiacs. :eek:

...just what LTC nurses need.

:chuckle

+ Join the Discussion