I have never used Cover My Meds, and I abhor doing prior authorizations, but I wanted to shed some light on some of the issues with insurance companies and prices for medications. Sometimes the price of medication actually goes up or requires prior authorization because the medicine is in short supply. My husband used to work for a drug company that sold meds to pharmacies, and he'd see it happen all the time. Doxycycline is one he specifically mentioned to me because I was annoyed by it, too. Its price shot up astronomically because it was in short supply. So sometimes there's a reason for prior authorizations and increased prices for generic or established drugs. That being said, most of the time, prior authorizations are ridiculous. One time Medicaid wanted me to give prior authorization for Ranitidine! It's a $4 drug at Target and it's available over-the-counter! That was one prior authorization I definitely refused to do!
