Prescription Assistance?

[Guest guest]

Trying to help a patient who lives in New Hampshire figure how (if) he can

afford post-transplant meds. He has been denied “extra help”

through Social Security/Medicare – gross income for him and his wife is $23,400

per year. He has Medicare A & B and a Medicare supplemental plan.

He has indicated that if he has a transplant he cannot afford to pay the almost

$5000 per year for his post-tx meds along with his other meds (e.g. Valcyte,

Bactrim, Protonix, etc), especially during the donut hole which he would hit

within a couple of months. Right now AKF

If received a transplant I would help him

apply for assistance from the pharmaceutical companies but wondering if there

is a way to check that ahead of time so patient does not end up with

significant post-transplant meds problems? To date my experience with initial

phone calls to the pharmaceutical companies have been non-committal responses

until they review the application. What have been people’s

experiences been in such cases to help their patients plan ahead?

Thanks much!

Daryl Battin, LICSW

Financial

Coordinator/Social Worker

Lahey Clinic

Kidney/PancreasTransplant Program

41 Mall Road

Burlington, MA 01805

Phone: 781 744-7166/781

744-8974

FAX: 781 744-5009

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