I'm on Sprycel 100mg daily. If my husband did not have insurance, it would cost us $`17,534 every 90 days. Yes that was not a typo, Seventeen Thousand! There is a ton of research that goes into these drugs and millions of dollars to fund it. I feel very blessed just to have an option of the oral drug verses what had to be tolerated before these drugs were discovered. They have come a long way in the last 11-12 years! Our life expectancy after diagnosis back then was only about five years! I'm happy to be alive and kickin still. Lenda ----- Original Message ----- From: "judy" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Cc: "jam 92842" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 4, 2011 1:09:28 AM Subject: Re: [CMLHope] Re: Price of Gleevec keeps going up
I guess they don't want to pay the 3 months because they figure we might not last that long and they would be out the money. the gleevec here is almost 5,ooo a month. I have help paying the copay from a cancer group but I still have to have the perscription coverage to start with and being on S.S. Its hard but better than none at all. Good luck all CML people we all need it. JUDY From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sun, January 2, 2011 4:37:33 PM Subject: Re: [CMLHope] Re: Price of Gleevec keeps going up A very simple answer as to why the insurance company won't let you buy from another pharmacy: The insurance co owns the pharmacy that they make us purchase the gleevec from. In a message dated 1/2/2011 4:03:43 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Dawn: When I was getting mine from Walmart Pharmacy, it was right around 2800$ to 2900$ for a 30 day supply. That was just about two years ago. I received a letter from Anthem B/C stating I was going to have to start mail ordering it from this place out of Indianapolis called Px Specialty Solutions or start paying a percentage out of my pocket. So, I called the Pharmacy people to begin mail ordering. The woman said, "maybe we can get you a 3-month's supply at a time". I thought, well that would be nice. Well, she called back later and said my insurance would not ok a 90 day supply. (no reason given) The first time I saw a price they included.....I told my husband it was much higher than what it was when I got it from Walmart, so I do not know why my insurance decided to do this. It made no sense to me then and it still doesn't after two years of mail order. I do have to say though, these people have been very good to me and helpful. And, so far Anthem has not balked at paying for the Gleevec. Course, my husband informed me what it's costing each month for my coverage. It's awful, but what does one do but pay it if they can. I did wonder though after seeing what you pay.....if they get a cheaper rate for 90 days supply verses 30 days? If so, one would think an insurance company would go that route in order to save money. Thanks everyone.....it does bring up questions, doesn't it? Keep on fighting with every breath you have, Suzieq -- [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 -- [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 -- [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 -- [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
