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Boy, I would settle for 4 times a month. That would be great!!!!!! > ---------- > From: George J. Lussier[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Saturday, July 10, 1999 2:59 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN > Subject: Viagra & higher Mathematics at the insurance company. > > Dear Colleagues, > For several years, prior to my staged Bilateral Pallidotomy, I had > struggled with my sexuality or lack there of and even when I had the > surgery I was a tad behind my peers. It was like I was on the right > golf course [Hi there Edie!]but for some reason I was dressed for > tennis. Close but no cigar. So off I went to the Urologists, who are a > happy bunch....always cracking jokes, and I tried the "insert" and the > "inject". Nope, didn't work. Tried the "lope" and began to wonder if > there were age limits among the Trappists monks. But I don't give up > easily so I wrangled myself a script for 5 Viagra "Treatments" > [pills]. And they worked!! I won't bore you with the details but they > worked!! > And now comes the really hard part. My insurance company declares > that it will only pay for 12 "treatments" [pills]in any 90 day period > That's bad enough but they then apply their understanding of higher > mathematics by including MY co-pay as a part of THEIR payment. > In real terms my 12 "treatments" [pills] cost me $45[$15 co-pay for > 3 scripts. You can only have 4 a month that they will "cover". Of > course you can have as many as you can afford at $9+ a pop.] The cost > to them is about $63; not the $108 it would cost them if they didn't > count MY $45 as part of THEIR payment. > What am I missing? > george > Amazing grace! How sweet the sound > that saved a wretch like me! > I once was lost, but now am found; > was blind, but now I see. > > [log in to unmask] >