longgunnewb
Textbook Libertarian
My wife is a pharmacist with one of the CVS stores in Annapolis. Some of the things that she tells me when she gets home is absolutely insane. The worst part is they are stuck being the middle man in between not only the customer and their doctor but also the customer and their insurance company.
They had a woman call in Saturday morning at 4:30am and she left a voicemail saying that she had been shorted 7 Oxycodone (if you don't know what it is then look it up lol). The pharmacist on staff called her back immediately and of course no one answered. She calls back in later that afternoon and starts screaming at my wife about how she was shorted. My wife asks if the quantity on the bottle is circled and to which she replied "yes". She then asks if there are initials on the bottle and she says "yes". My wife proceeds to tell her that she is the one that counted her prescription and she triple checks all counts on narcotics. The woman starts screaming at her for this and tells her that she is wrong and she is going to call the Maryland Board of Pharmacy and CVS Corporate on her and slams the phone down.
The best though is when she tells me about the Maryland Medicaid patients that want to know why Maryland Medicaid isn't paying for their medication. Why should they have to pay the $3.00 co-pay? Her typical response is "Well, if you didn't have Maryland Medicaid and wanted to pay out of pocket it would be about $300". I told her to offer to pay the $3.00 because her taxes paid for the rest of it anyway. I really hope she doesn't listen to me on that one though
If she tells me any good ones when she gets home I will be sure to post it.
Edit: Be nice to your Pharmacists and their technicians, you might need them to save your life at some point by making sure your meds don't kill you.
They had a woman call in Saturday morning at 4:30am and she left a voicemail saying that she had been shorted 7 Oxycodone (if you don't know what it is then look it up lol). The pharmacist on staff called her back immediately and of course no one answered. She calls back in later that afternoon and starts screaming at my wife about how she was shorted. My wife asks if the quantity on the bottle is circled and to which she replied "yes". She then asks if there are initials on the bottle and she says "yes". My wife proceeds to tell her that she is the one that counted her prescription and she triple checks all counts on narcotics. The woman starts screaming at her for this and tells her that she is wrong and she is going to call the Maryland Board of Pharmacy and CVS Corporate on her and slams the phone down.
The best though is when she tells me about the Maryland Medicaid patients that want to know why Maryland Medicaid isn't paying for their medication. Why should they have to pay the $3.00 co-pay? Her typical response is "Well, if you didn't have Maryland Medicaid and wanted to pay out of pocket it would be about $300". I told her to offer to pay the $3.00 because her taxes paid for the rest of it anyway. I really hope she doesn't listen to me on that one though
If she tells me any good ones when she gets home I will be sure to post it.
Edit: Be nice to your Pharmacists and their technicians, you might need them to save your life at some point by making sure your meds don't kill you.
I'm not saying it was right or professional for him to do it but some people can only be pushed so far.
