> When I looked for a medi-gap program that covered Gleevec I didn't > find one. Most medicare related coverage has a cap of $4000.00 per > year (their fee combined with yours, leading only to a few months > coverage). Novartis is the company that makes Gleevec and they do have > a patient assistance plan for those who are unable to be covered for > the medication otherwise. The phone number is 1-800-277-2254. I hope > that helps. > > Erin
Thank you Erin, It's helpful to have a phone number to call. I'll call them to find out what their qualifications are. We are on a fixed income, as are most who are on Social Security, so there is no way that we can pay for Gleevec ourselves. Thank you so much for the information. Carol F. Clyde Dx 9/99 Zero club On Dec 30 2008, 8:15 am, sweetbluemusic2002 <[email protected]> wrote: > When I looked for a medi-gap program that covered Gleevec I didn't > find one. Most medicare related coverage has a cap of $4000.00 per > year (their fee combined with yours, leading only to a few months > coverage). Novartis is the company that makes Gleevec and they do have > a patient assistance plan for those who are unable to be covered for > the medication otherwise. The phone number is 1-800-277-2254. I hope > that helps. > > Erin > > On Dec 29, 6:20 pm, Catlubr <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi to everyone on the CML list. Wishing you all a Happy New Year for > > 2009. > > Clyde and I need your help. We need information from anyone or > > everyone who has a Supplemental coverage or I guess it would be called > > a Medigap policy that has prescription coverage for Gleevec. > > Clyde began dialysis treatment on Nov. 26, 2008. From what we have > > learned so far, he'll continue to be covered by my early retiree > > medical insurance for 30 months. Once the 30 months expires, he must > > go on Medicare A & B. He has had Medicare Part A after being on SSDI > > for a year, from 2000. > > I need to know a good Supplemental PPO insurance company that will > > cover Gleevec without charging a huge amount. We currently pay $50 for > > 90 days mail order supply of Gleevec. > > > So, if anyone out there has some good information for us, please let > > us know. We'll be eternally grateful. > > > Thank you all. > > > Carol Furumoto > > Clyde CML 9/99- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ [CMLHope] A support group of http://cmlhope.com ------------------------------------------------- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CMLHope" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
