More that doesn't make any sense... He was on Advair Diskus... which is a twice a day preventative meant for people with COPD. He was supposedly denied the prescription because he didn't have a prior auth... Also makes no sense, how did he have the original prescription. Why did he not also have a rescue inhaler, like the ProAir I mentioned above. If he legitimately has COPD at 22, why did he not have a home nebulizer with a liquid Albuterol prescription.
So much about this story doesn't make sense... Walgreens failed him for sure, but so many other things don't add up. Did a 22yr old actually have COPD, was he even on the right asthma controller? was he seeing a doctor? Why didn't he push back on the denial, I've had the same happen to me, and I politely tell the tech at cvs that there has to be an error and it always works out that I get my rx filled or a I get a generic replacement. Either way I've never left without a rescue inhaler in hand.
This sounds like the kid was possibly self medicating his asthma, and would have really benefited by seeing a physician, but that is a lot of speculation on my part. The other possibility that is probably more likely... I have a 22yr old son, who is definitely covered, but would just leave the pharmacy and not advocate for himself or push back that he should be covered for his med. It's definitely something about the younger generations now, they do not know how to talk to people.
I wonder if those blaming Trump will realize that this airfield has no tower, and it is up to the pilots to know the rules as to how they self govern the control of the planes landing and taking off?