Medicaid & Generic Drugs & How Pharmacies Handle Prescriptions

Healthcare systems --that term-- means something different to everyone, so I will not write in such a general or broad perspective today but will focus on an area of concern that affects millions of people across the country. When people think of Medicaid and Medicaid prescriptions they might think that everything is covered , that no one car be harmed, after all Medicaid is some kind of a government program. Who would think that anyone would cheat a medicaid patient, much less cheat a Medicaid program?

If you are aware of prescription forms, then you are aware that the forms have a box that the doctor can write DAW --Draw as written-- if the doctor insists that the patient have the particular drug. There is a slight difference between generic and between brand names. So what happens when one drug is so much cheaper in the generic form and really expensive in the brand name form? Of course, who wouldn't want the cheaper price. But when it comes to medicine you need to make your choices priority according to your health. (YOu can suggest that the doctor use generic if you like, if you cannot afford anything else. It is still up the DR . to make the final decision.

And once that prescription is written it is not up to the pharmacist to change it if the doctor wants it drawn as written. What happens when one pharmacist begins substituting --against the law? They usually wind up in a trial, or arrested or in jail after trial.

If you are seeking the latest on these drug scams, check this website for the details. Check out that website and be fully informed. You just never know, there migth be a pharmacist on that list that works or lives right in your own neighborhood.

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