Why Medicare is so expensive?!?!?

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Things are getting crazier EVERY day!! I was reminded of the Marx Brothers, Abbott & Costello, the Keystone Kops, Laurel & Hardy, etc. today. (For those of you old enough to remember them---mmmmm---wonder who is their equal today?) After not being able to call any of the medical offices about my going to the hospital on the 14th I finally was able to connect with the nurse practitioner who was handling the aorta/hospital/heart paperwork for the 2 cardiologists--she was surprised that my insurance gave me 3 days for the procedure but she didn't tell or say anything about THE procedure EXCEPT the machine (WHAT MACHINE???) is broke and that she would get back to me Wednesday---no, Thursday--and we will go from there!!! WAIT!!! That was only the beginning of the day! I called my pulmonary doctor's office to check if they got the referral for my appointment on Monday September 27 at 1:45 PM and if he had scheduled the CT exam on Monday September 20 at the Broward hospital and if a referral was needed for that---I, also, explained what was going on about the hospital the previous week and I don't know if I will be able to keep the following 2 appointments. Their response????? What CT exam??? What appointment with Dr. Singer on the 27th at 1:45 PM?!?!? I checked the calendar on my computer desk and I checked on the calendar in the kitchen--both verified the appointments! Wait!! Round 2! I decided to call Michelle, my primary doctor's office manager, who is really on top of everything--no, she didn't know about the hospital appointments because neither cardiologist or the nurse practitioner had informed her about it or what was going--all she had was the appointment for the neurologist in January 2022! When I asked her about the CT and Singer appointment she told me they never inform her what is going on and that my insurance never informs her about referrals. She added that the only time she knows what other doctors are doing is when I tell her or I bring in their reports or if I call her for a referral for doctors that I know need one for me to see them . And now Act 3!!! Take a look at the pill bottles above and the dosage of each. I went to CVS to pick up 4 prescriptions and, since I was there, get my annual flu shot. No problem with either--well with one of the meds. My insurance covers most of my prescriptions except for Eliquis, Breo and Prasugrel. When I got the Eliquis I saw there was only 1 jar with 60 pills (taking 2 a day)--I explained to the woman behind the counter that I usually get 3 months supply as whether I get 1 month or 3 months it costs me a total of $9.60 which is why I take the 3 month supply. When I got home--instead of taking a shot of scotch or eating a carrot cake--I had a cup of tea, made my entry about the flu shot and took out the pills to put them away. When I first started taking Eliquis I was taking a 5mg dosage once a day but between that, aspirin and Prasugrel I was bleeding profusely when I hit myself on anything so the cardiologist stopped the aspirin and cut the Eliquis dosage down to 2.5 mgs. Do I really have to tell you??? Yes, it was the 5mg dosage not the 2.5!! First of all at 5mgs the pill is too small to cut in half and second of all IN FLORIDA THE LAW IS ONCE YOU TAKE A PRESCRIPTION OUT OF THE DRUGSTORE YOU CAN NOT RETURN IT!!! I called Tim, the pharmacist, and explained what happened but he said there was nothing they could do about. By the way Michelle who I mentioned before gave me sample 20 boxes---14 tablets of 5mgs each--when my primary mentioned to her I was now on it. I now have 14 boxes left with 196 pills for a total of 376 pills of 5mgs each which will go to waste and that is a waste!!! I will call Michelle and see what she can do as far as maybe giving them to patients who they are prescribed for, at least the boxes if not the jars! Do I have to mention that I didn't even have a chance to call my dental insurance and/or insurance caretaker to look into that whole replacement business--I left messages and they are supposed to call me back---I'm waiting!! More of the farce to take place tomorrow I am sure!!