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572651 tn?1530999357

MS Drug Costs -

As we put the final touches on this research project, I continue to find snippets of information that make me gasp -  here's a link to the latest one ----  this group analyzed the cost of MS care and DMD drug costs.  We have heard the numbers before, but to see it in print is mind-boggling.  

http://tinyurl.com/a4xpgas
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1967803 tn?1325679473
My classmate and friend, who is also the pharmacy tech where I pick up most of my prescriptions, blurted out an expletive when she saw how a one-month supply of Betaseron injections cost ($4600).  Luckily my co-pay was $1 through Medicaid, which I'm eligible for so long as I remain a dirt poor student.

As much as I want to be cynical about big pharmaceutical companies, I had a $10 co-pay through Bayer's Betaseron patient assistance program when I was without insurance.  It only took about a week to get approved too.
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And those number reflect why I'm sure insurance companies don't look fondly upon us MSers.  I think my insurance company probably hates me because I have MS, plus so much other stuff going on with me.  

Yep, thank goodness for insurance. Without it, how could we afford to take these drugs????
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572651 tn?1530999357
I know the print was tiny, but the numbers were huge!
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751951 tn?1406632863
Interesting factoid tucked into their little summary sheet: those being treated for MS (if -- big IF lately -- IF I read it correctly) make up one-sixth of one percent of the "general population" from which their statistics were drawn.

I wonder what a car would cost if it was custom made for 0.17% of consumers?  What about clothing made too large (or small) for 99.87% of the population?  Just letting the mind wander.  I have a feeling somebody's getting ripped off.  I just doubt it's the drug makers, somehow.
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1831849 tn?1383228392
Thank God for insurance! My company is switching providers on January 1. It will be interesting to see if I have any preexisting condition problems.
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667078 tn?1316000935
It is unreal. A lot of research and trials are subsidized by the MS Society and NIH so we should not have to pay for the Research and Development. One Cancer drug I am on the whole development was paid for by tax payers through NIH but it is very expensive as if the drug company paid for the R&D.

Alex
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