I'm a smoker (soon to be ex-smoker, I hope) who has smoked for more than 20 years. I'm ready to quit and I want and need to quit.
However, my insurance refused to cover a prescription for Chantix, saying that is was not "medically necessary". Huh. Okay...whatever...I paid for it myself, which cost over $120.
I have tried other methods to quit and all have failed. Or, I should say, I failed at them. Anyway, I heard about Chantix, did research on it, talked to my doctor about it and decided to try it. He wrote the script and I took it to my pharmacy. Surprise, surprise...they told me that my insurance flat out denied to cover it.
My question is this: how can quitting smoking NOT be medically necessary? How can an insurance company view it like that? I'm just having a very hard time understanding that. I mentioned to my doctor who stared at me in shock...as if to say "Say WHAT?!?!?!".
I fail to see the logic in that. Opinions, anyone?
EMT
2007-11-01
03:18:47
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