andi9899
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Post by andi9899 on Jul 12, 2016 20:38:12 GMT -5
Are they Veteran benefits? Thought that HealthNet was one of those. I didn't look that far. I just saw that they sold both medicare options and bailed. Veteran benefits leave something to be desired these days from what I understand.
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zibazinski
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Post by zibazinski on Jul 12, 2016 22:13:05 GMT -5
It's called Health Net or something like that. I went to health net website and it looks like they sell both. I specialized in health insurance for years. If you can find out if it's a supplement with part D or a medicare advantage (MAPD) plan, I can walk you through them. The coverages for Medicare products are federal government mandated, so the coverage will be the same. I can also tell you about her getting a medicare/medicaid combo and not having this issue going forward. PM me if you need any help. I'd be glad to do it. Thank you. They probably have just enough income to disqualify for Medicaid to help pay for meds. But I'll ask her if she has tried
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zibazinski
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Post by zibazinski on Jul 12, 2016 22:15:15 GMT -5
It's not veterans although he is one but it's something that they can only use a few pharmacies and the ones they can use don't carry this drug so the oncologist office got the insurance to okay CVS which does carry it.
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jlbear71
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Post by jlbear71 on Jul 18, 2016 15:15:00 GMT -5
Another option, if it has not been looked into already, is looking up the pharmaceutical company to see if they offer a copay program. I had a script that was $950 per shot and I needed two per treatment. There was a program available that I only pay $5 total.
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zibazinski
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Post by zibazinski on Jul 18, 2016 16:43:28 GMT -5
Another option, if it has not been looked into already, is looking up the pharmaceutical company to see if they offer a copay program. I had a script that was $950 per shot and I needed two per treatment. There was a program available that I only pay $5 total. I need to ask her if she's heard from anyone.
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jlbear71
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Post by jlbear71 on Jul 18, 2016 17:01:46 GMT -5
Go directly to their website and see what they offer. Every pharm co is different. It can be too much for the doctors office to keep track of every one that has these programs. And the pharm co had a better one than what my doctor's office told me about.
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zibazinski
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Post by zibazinski on Jul 18, 2016 17:46:53 GMT -5
Ok
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Post by zibazinski on Jul 18, 2016 17:47:10 GMT -5
Thank you
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