Reply #19: If it's prescribed by a doctor... [View All]

[WillowTree]

....and that doctor states that it's being given for the purpose for which the drug is approved, the insurer will cover it. They're not going to waste their time or money trying to prove that the doctor isn't really treating what he or she says he/she is treating, which would only raise more outrage on the part of the patient, doctor, and everyone they tell about it and would cost more than just paying for the damned drug.

Don't blame the insurance company for that one, or the pharmaceutical companies, either. If that's being done, the responsibility lies with the doctor who prescribes it.