We just got a letter from Cigna about this concerning my daughter’s inhaler—said that pretty soon (before the end of April!) they were discontinuing these, and we would have to get the more expensive brand name inhaler PLUS before we could do that we’d have to get a brand new prescription. I’m calling her ped on Monday to see what the story is, but if this isn’t an example of ‘nannyglobalwarmingism’ I don’t know what is!
I got that letter but mine said they wouldn’t cover the inhaler she & I presently use any longer. We had a choice of 3 on their list. I called up our Dr’s right away who didn’t even know about this. Walgreens told me that this ban wasn’t to go into effect until 1/09. When my husband went to pick the new inhalers up Walgreens tried to charge him full price. He said but I have insurance...they said oh computer problem. I am now wondering how many times we have been paying full price for our meds. So now I am carefully watching out when I pay for my meds at Walgreens.