Hi Carolyn, Thank you for your reply to Erin.
I'll have to check all of this great information out. I think that from what I have read you have 30 months after beginning dialysis before you must go on medicare. If this is correct, then we have time to sort out all of the plans and things might also change by then if Obama can do something about health plans & medicare coverage. Thanks everyone who has replyed. Carol F. Clyde Dx 9/99 zero club On Jan 10, 7:17 am, "John Kuptz" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Erin, > > I have United Healthcare PartD. They paid for my Sprycel last year. I > didn't have a cap. I was in the donut hole very fast and you have to pay > 4350.00 out of pocket then you pay 5% of total cost which was about 150 per > month. There are many different kinds of coverage out there. Go to > Medicare.gov and you can get a whole list of different insurances. You type > in the meds you are on and they will take you right to the website that best > fits your needs. > Don't give up. It is very expensive but miracle stuff. I have heard that > Novartis can help you also. > Best of luck > [email protected] > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: judy > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 12:08 AM > Subject: [CMLHope] Re: Supplemental medical coverage to Medicare > > Hello Try PSI Its patients services and helps cancer patients with > their drugs. The phone number is 1-800366-7741. I think its a good > program they have been helping me for almost a year. Good luck JUDY dx97 > > --- On Tue, 12/30/08, sweetbluemusic2002 <[email protected]> > wrote: > > From: sweetbluemusic2002 <[email protected]> > Subject: [CMLHope] Re: Supplemental medical coverage to Medicare > To: "CMLHope" <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, December 30, 2008, 11:15 AM > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
