By: Joana Ramos Healthy Skepticism International News 2005 Jan; 23: 1
The term " patient assistance program" (PAP) usually means a program whereby patients with limited resources and/or little or no insurance cover for prescription medicines, may receive a drug from the manufacturer at no or reduced cost. They are most common in the USA where no universal health system exists. Pharmas operating here like to boast of their generosity in offering PAPs, which usually require complex application procedures with rigid eligibility criteria. With effort, some patients do succeed in receiving medicines this way, and the existence of PAPs acts as yet another strategy of the drug companies to try to stave off governmental price controls. http://cmlsupport.blogspot.com/2005/03/new-definition-of-patient-assistance.html [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Help save the life of a child. Support St. Jude Children's Research Hospital's 'Thanks & Giving.' http://us.click.yahoo.com/0iazvD/5WnJAA/xGEGAA/8zSolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> New! Sign up for local CML support group meetings in your local community at http://cml.meetup.com Apply for Commercial Real Estate loans online and submit your deal to dozens of hungry lenders in just minutes. Loan programs for all types of business and commercial real estate. Apply anytime at http://realestatezoo.com CML (Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia Support List) --------------------------------- Part Of CMLHope.Com An International Community Of CML Patients For more information: http://cmlhope.com Post Message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Change To No Mail/Web: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Change To Digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Change To Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CML Group Web Site http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CML Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CML/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
