My son has never has insurance since he was diagnosed. He was on his way to med school when diagnosed. Because he has left the state his HMO was in and moved to a new location the HMO wouldn't cover him.
He contacted Novartis Patient Assistance Program and they approved him and furnised his gleevec because he had no employment. He did qualify for Kentucky Medicaid and so they paid for the meds until he was in remission. At that point they said he was well enough to work and they dropped him from that program. He once again contacted Novartis and they put him back on their program. In short, he has never gone without his medication, even though he has never been in a position to pay for it and has to insurance coverage. He recently signed on to a Kentucy insurance program and will be paying premiums and they won't cover the leukemia for a year. At that time, they will begin covering his gleevec. His Kentucky premiums are not really very high. Anyway, each state has some form of insurance for those who cannot get any other type of coveraqe. In the mean time, contact Novartis. His qualifications were that he had no other insurance or means to have any. He is considered low income, because of his student status and he has a family. I hope this helps. Novartis has been totally wonderful. I have spoken to the head of the Patient Assistance Program and they were very concerned that no one ever to without their gleevec. Good luck. Penny M. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Ever feel sad or cry for no reason at all? Depression. Narrated by Kate Hudson. http://us.click.yahoo.com/1visLB/esnJAA/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/
