Hi cml warriors, I am on medicare and have part D insurance. My sprycel is very expensive until I get through the donuthole. In January I paid about 1400 dollars and then in February it jumped up to 3260. By March I was through the donut hole and I paid about 200. I did apply to Bristol Myers for help but I would have had to sign off of my Part D for Sprycel and that sent a red flag up for me because you have to get approval every year for help from Brystol Myers. I didn't want to do that what would happen if you signed off the part D for sprycel and then they denied helping you. I just didn't want to chance it. I am so grateful for Sprycel and the wonderful response that people are experiencing. I have been PCRU for quite awhile now. Praise the Lord. carolyn ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 4:40 PM Subject: Re: [CMLHope] USA healthcare medicare?
Hi Nancy and yes, we all have these worries that we won't be able to get out meds. I am on Medicare part D and it pays for all my Sprycel so far. You will have to pay some co-pay and some when the gap comes, but it's not too bad, and you can get help paying the co-pays if you need it. Each case if different and by the time you get on Medicare it could be changed, for the better I hope. Good luck Jeanie<3 In a message dated 3/23/2010 5:28:24 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: I'm glad the bill passed. I was worried about the lifetime cap that my ins. policy has. I'm already past $500,000. Now that won't be such a worry. I don't understand everything about the bill, however. I am too young for Medicare and am fortunate to have a good insurance policy from my employer, which also covers prescriptions. Right now, I'm on Nilotinib, which is about $22,000 every three months. I have a copay of $50. In a few years, Medicare becomes my primary and my ins. policy becomes my secondary. That's where my uncertainty lies. Will Medicare cover my high prescription costs? If not, can my secondary ins. pick up the difference? Will this new bill help those of us who have extremely high cost medications. Hope I'm still alive to deal with all these issues! lol! Thanks for answers from anyone who understands these bills and programs better than I do. Nancy in NY -- -- [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 To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cmlhope+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject. -- [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 To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cmlhope+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
