Cost of Tx

[daniel2u]

I am counting my blessings this morning.  My Pegasys plus ribavirin Tx is paid for.  I am wondering how much this Tx would have cost me.  
Daniel

[mike716]

Is that $75k income or savings?

[daniel2u]

I'm sorry for not answering your question of who pays for my tx.  To be honest with you I don't even know.  I will find out from my doctor when I see her on Tuesday.  
Daniel

[Isobella]

Just being  curious I called around to 3 pharmacies to check prices.  They varied by hundreds of dollars. All 3 stores were within 1 mile of each other!  Winn Dixie was by far the least expensive.  

Doing a rough total though, if my insurance doesn't cover any, my cost -with some procrit added in- was about $100,000.

[JadedWarrior]

Roche gave me mine for free. I meet the fed govt poverty scale of less than 75k. YES I EVEN WORK and own my own company.


They approved me for a year straight on a 24 week treatment. So I will have left over possible should doctor not go past 24.


Rep told me yesterday tx runs 26k a year.

[daniel2u]

My medication sheet, or what ever you call the page that has instructions warnings etc for my interferon showed the cost.  I never cost printed on the slip.  For four injections it cost $2,498.09.  That is over $600.00 per injection.  I am shocked.
Pax
Daniel

[mike716]

I wonder if "earned income" for them would include sales of investments. I guess the only way to really know is to talk to them, or apply.