I think I've realized Anthm Blue Cross/Blue Shields Business Stategy regarding HIP 2.0

[sinisterporpoise]

 1.) Lobby to provide low-income coverage to residents of the state of Indiana and get approved
 2.) Provide paperwork that shows an impressive array of services  at what are supposedly cost-saving measures.
 3.) Sign up  the state and get customers to pay a modest premium
4.) Do everything you can possibly can to prevent those services from being provided
5.) Ignore federal law that says you can't discriminate against transgender people, frequently change the gender marker every time a doctor's office sends in paper work with a gender marker that is the opposite of your legal gender
6.) Refuse to pay for this low-priced medication on principle, even though you've already refused to cover Linzess and probably certainly wouldn't cover Lyrica because there's no generic for it at the moment. (Thank goodness I'm on gabapentin.)

Okay, I'm done complaining.  This is the second time they've pulled this particular trick. I'm getting sick of it.   It was a fairly good day  until I went to pick up the prescriptions.

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[silk_dragon_zen]

Geez that sucks! And I totally believe you about their business strategy. Anthem were total shits to me several years ago by signing me up for their Medicare against my wishes and despite the fact that I had already signed up for Kaiser Group Health. I had to throw a fit to get them to understand that Group Health was the only company that would ever see a dime from me at all since I wasn't about to switch medical teams when I'd finally got a good team, and furthermore that Anthem broke the law by signing me (and thousands of others) up without consent.