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Treatment with no Insurance
How do you get treated in this USofA with no insurance? I went to see my primary a couple of weeks ago to see about trying the new drugs, they can't find a GI doctor willing to take me on...
My primary doctor is through a medical clinic which charges on a sliding fee schedule. At my last appointment I took a list of blood work written by my HCV PA. I showed the list to the doc and she said she didn't think it would be a problem. This clinic has a LabCorp vampire on site several days per week. I ended up having a CBC, CMP, AFP, and a HCV-RNA PCR(quant.) for the HCV PA, plus a TSH and a PSA done for the primary doc. All of this ended up only costing me a $30.00 office visit, what a difference in price and hassle! The primary told me that in the future I should make an appointment and I could get tests done for HCV folks through the clinic. I'm not sure how this will work for me later, but I will be trying to use this method. Just wanted to share, this may help others, Mike
I was aware that there was help with the cost of the drugs, that doesn't help if you can't find a doctor to prescribe them.
Thers assistance programs for all of these treatment drugs thru the drug companys, even the new PI's. Theres also help for the rescue drugs. As for labwork many on here have got the labs to discount their prices to what they accept from insurance.
One thing is for sure one has to do some of these things on their own, sitting doing nothing most likely will get you nothing. Research the help that is available, get things lined up in advance and then see a doctor. Doing that might even get a doctor to provide some assistance.
Good luck,
cando
One thing is for sure one has to do some of these things on their own, sitting doing nothing most likely will get you nothing. Research the help that is available, get things lined up in advance and then see a doctor. Doing that might even get a doctor to provide some assistance.
Good luck,
cando
You can get the meds for free. The problem is finding a physician to monitor you and being able to pay for the labwork. You might try the Bureau of Primary Health Care website. There may be a clinic that can take you. http://findahealthcenter.hrsa.gov/Search_HCC.aspx
Check out this thread:
http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Hepatitis-C/How-do-you-get-help-with-the-cost-of-tx/show/1531360
http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Hepatitis-C/How-do-you-get-help-with-the-cost-of-tx/show/1531360
I think without insurance you have a couple of choices:
1) Get into a clinical trial. It's free, and if you can find a good one, can be a very good option.
2) you can get assistance to do SOC -- there are threads on how to find out about it.
I don't know if any assistance is yet available to do the newly approved drugs, but maybe someone else does.
1) Get into a clinical trial. It's free, and if you can find a good one, can be a very good option.
2) you can get assistance to do SOC -- there are threads on how to find out about it.
I don't know if any assistance is yet available to do the newly approved drugs, but maybe someone else does.
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