Injured workers' drug benefits cut by state bureau (Ohio-Noe Scandal)

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050711/NEWS24/507110317

Dave Adams' voice is full of fear as he imagines days ahead without OxyContin, a heavy-duty prescription painkiller and lifeline that warms like an old friend.

He and other injured workers covered by the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation fund received a benefits letter recently that announced changes to the prescription drug program.

The bureau - wracked with about $300 million in investment losses and at the center of a widening political scandal - has decided to cut drug benefits to save an estimated $4 million or more a year.

Starting yesterday, injured workers no longer had automatic access to a number of drugs deemed to have cheaper alternatives - including OxyContin and Celebrex, among others.

This isn't about switching to generic brands - some of the drugs do not have that cheaper equivalent, and such a program is already in effect.

[Erika]

1. Bush's new world

The times of Hugo and Dickens. Honor the rich, despise the poor. Today's Bush's America.

[roguevalley]

2. he should see if there is someone who will represent him and sue

the state for fraud, bungling etc.

[ogradda]

3. Will they at least get

a bullet to bite?:sarcasm:

[fasttense]

4. Where did all the money got? Into repuke coffers just like the ENRON

money. It's good repukes and conservatives can steal from the poor, sick and injured without a second thought. True morals in action.

[Frances]

5. You have hit on a good talking point for the Dems

No wonder the Repubs are raising more money than the Dems. They're robbing the public. The Dems have to raise their money the old fashioned way--beg for it!

This makes me so mad. Remember how we saw the clip on national news over and over of Gore in that temple in California?