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Why is imitrex (sumatriptan) for migraine limited by health insurance companies to 9 pills a month?

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Contracts: A health insurance policy is basically a contract between you and the issuing company.They agree to cover certain procedures or medications up to the limits set in the policy & you agree to pay a certain premium.Some policies will exclude procedures or medications not on their "approved"list.Read the fine print, your insurer will never give you more than the contract specifies.They would go broke.

Answered 9/18/2012

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