"Then my money... I can’t get it back?"
After hearing that, Su Yongnian’s expression soured. He looked a bit disheartened. He had worked hard all his life just to save a little bit of money.
But...
Just treating a cold had cost him nearly 1,200.
If he had any minor illness in the future, wouldn’t he just have to wait to die at ho?
"The dicine you bought at the pharmacy before was a health product, not a regular dication, so it can’t be covered by health insurance."
Qin Mu looked at Su Yongnian and continued, "Actually, Western dicine can also treat a cold very cheaply, with dication costing very little."
This Han Dongting... Probably for personal gain, he didn’t prescribe the cheap drugs. Rather, he chose to prescribe health product dications. Health product dications only have an auxiliary effect and are not direct treatnts. And, health product dications, not supported by health insurance, are not reimbursable.
"Ah?"
Su Yongnian’s eyes widened, and he was montarily stunned. He muttered, "Do you an... he did it on purpose, prescribing expensive dicine?"
Qin Mu nodded. "There are several cold dicines with the national drug approval number that are specifically effective for treating colds and have excellent effects, but he chose to prescribe you a health product that costs 288 per box, which is clearly intentional."
This practice of prescribing expensive dicines for minor ailnts happens quite often, especially for the elderly, and it’s becoming more and more common. After all... compared to younger people, the elderly are more blindly trusting of doctors. They don’t question things. The elderly also don’t understand the differences between these dications.
After saying this, Qin Mu paused and then advised, "Actually, based on the prescription records provided by Han Dongting, you can go to the Health and Health Commission to file a complaint, and you should be able to get your money back."
With such cases of prescribing expensive drugs... as long as one has evidence, a complaint is certain to succeed. The money can definitely be reclaid.
However...
"Prescription slip?" Su Yongnian thought for a while and said with a bitter smile, "When I went to Wanantang to buy the dicine, the owner took the prescription slip that Doctor Han had written, and I don’t have it."
"No slip?"
Qin Mu frowned, feeling even more that these people were thorough in covering their tracks.
The hospital doctor writes a prescription. You buy the dicine at a pharmacy outside the hospital, and the pharmacy takes back the evidence. On top of that, the pharmacy owner advises patients to finish the dicine as soon as possible. Patients, when ill, typically consu all the dicine. In such a case... there’s not even any dicine left over as evidence, no solid proof. The entire process is seamless. Even if patients realize there’s an issue afterward... going to the Health and Health Commission to complain is futile. Patients have no way to prove that the health products were purchased according to the doctor’s orders. The prescriptions written by Han Dongting are likely handwritten and not entered into any computer system. With such thods, it’s almost impossible for there not to be issues. Many patients... can only chalk it up to bad luck.
Thinking this, Qin Mu took a deep breath.
By now, he had almost confird that this hospital must be in cahoots with the pharmacy. Or to be precise, the doctors at this hospital were in collusion with the pharmacy. Sanhe Hospital was also a private hospital. It had been open in Jin City for over ten years. It had a considerable reputation. And this pharmacy had only opened three years ago, but its business had always been booming.
In reality, doctors getting kickbacks are just a small part of the entire drug sales rebate chain. A drug goes through a long chain from the factory to the patient’s hands. Pharmaceutical manufacturers, distributors, dical reps, price bureaus, the Health and Health Commission, the Drug Administration, tender offices, drug committees, hospital sales, patients... And when patients buy dicine, they generally follow the doctor’s advice. The operation of a pharmacy is different from other industries. Other industries focus on product quality, reputation, popularity, and the like. But for pharmacies... what matters more are the doctor’s dical advice, prescriptions, and so on. Therefore, many pharmacies, in order to boost sales... often seek out many doctors to "cooperate," asking them to help "promote" certain dicines from their pharmacies. And they offer commissions or kickbacks in return. Otherwise, they would not survive the fierce "market competition."
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