An update, not happy unfortunately -
The original figure the wife gave me was wrong. The cost was $4000., not $1000.
Secure Horizons, the Medicare Supplement the couple has, refused to pay it. Then they said they’d pay it, but if they did, they wouldn’t cover ANY other prescriptions for the rest of 2009. For a couple in their 80’s on a fixed income.
Nice, huh?
While we’re at it, we should also pray about the shocking greed of pharmaceutical and health insurance companies.