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1. For people not financially eligible for Ryan White ADAP co-pay assistance, try panfoundation.org 2. POZ since 1984, I have known many people who have lost insurance or have gone destitute to rely on Medicaid as a payor Ryan WHite had waiting lists in the 90's. Some states had high risk pools. The ACA at least makes it possible for HIV to be insured for the 1st time since the epidemic. Instead of bitching, why don't some of you organize with the elderly or other patient groups?
Yep, that affordable care act is so affordable. If you like your Dr. you can keep him. Just going to cost 1k more. And we're going to fine you if you don't sign up.
I can absolutely corroborate this. I have taken the nucleotide cocktail of Truvada, Isentress, Norvir and Prezista for a long time. When I had to switch to a private health insurer to cover supplemental Medicare Prescription Drugs, I chose United Healthcare. Last year, around June, despite some help from them, I am still paying on average $50 for each of the above drugs. I'm on a spend down and they claim after 3 mos in 2015, this will go down considerably. That is still about $200/mo. TOO MUCH!
That is so wrong in so many ways. Thank you Government for making insurance mandatory for all persons. You just gave the insurance companies the green light to F*&k all those that really need the meds to survive. Any time you make anything mandatory, people pay for it big time, and it is usually the ones that can least afford it. The govt. should have seen this coming , and stopped it dead in it's tracks. I bet that the drug and insurance companies are giving a huge kickback to our lovely govt
What did we expect, when the government made health care mandatory. It gave the insurance companies the green light to screw the people over. I can understand the universal health care plan, and how it helps the ones that need insurance get the coverage needed at an affordable rate, but when you make it mandatory that every has to HAVE insurance, the insurance companies can do what ever they want without any repercussions. And the ones that need the drugs to survive are the least likely to pay
I found this out in 2014. In 2013 my Atripla was a tier 2 medicine with a $40 copay (monthly). Then in 2014 it became a tier 5. That meant a 33% copay up to the donut, 47% through the donut and about $100 copay during the catastrophe period. Same for 2015.
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Your right they dont want people to get their medicine. This is legalized of who lives and dyes by insurance company's
February 21, 2015 • york