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Art,.... Margie's given some good suggestions, and I would like to suggest one more "weapon" to arm yourself with in this unequal battle against both PD AND the drugstore. I suggest you "IVANIZE <smiling> , which is my term for an all out "circle-the-wagons-battle! Take a page from Ivan S'.s extremely effective "fight City Hall," book (read THAT as ANY local or federal government entity), In order words, m'dear, ask this group AND your PD support group - which I know to be DAPS, one of the finest, largest PD support groups in the nation to begin an email and phone "blitz" against the pharmay, possibly the HMO as well. MAKE NOISE, Art! Be the "squeky wheel! Help US to helpYOU by providing us with any names, addresses, email and snail mail, phone numbers, contact persons, etc, including local TV and rdio anchors names and addresses..... and we'll be there "squeaky-wheeling" right along with you. IVAN - any suggestions? Did I miss anything? (IBarb asks the master of the Squeky Wheel campaign, while saluting him) Art, we're here for you, I'M here for you.... DO take advantage of the power of this group and DAPS...This is ine of the many benefits of BEING part of a support gourp.... Much love to ya.... Barb Mallut [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Dick Swindler <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Saturday, April 15, 2000 6:41 PM Subject: Re: Formerly Formulary >Art - > >Your first step should be to call your HMO to question whether the new >pharmacy has its info right. It's possible the HMO hasn't reclassified the >drug at all. If the HMO says it *has* reclassified the drug, ask if they can >explain their reasons, and then ask whom you can speak to in order to get the >drug classified as a maintenance drug. If that fails, find out who you can >contact to appeal the decision. Your neuro might be able to help by writing >a letter. Finally, if you get no satisfaction through that route, you can >put in a call to your state's insurance commissioner. > >Good luck! > >Margie Swindler > ><< > And that upset me for a number of reasons. First, how is Requip not a > maintenance drug? Second, should an HMO be able to reclassify a drug as > non-formulary in a unilateral action? And third, what does this ultimately > mean for prescription drug coverage by Medicare? > >>