Re: to a and lynn..... From Mike... need some help

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mike will you quit talikng about shooting

yourself!!!!!!!!! usually if you notify the pharm

company that makes your medicine they will give you a

huge discount-i have even heard of people who get ot

for free sometimes-they most likely will send you a

from to fill out and one for your doctor-sometimes the

docotr can even initiate the whole processs for

you.look into it asap....lynn8953

--- mike nelson <winchester19572004@...> wrote:

> hi a and Lynn. i just got a letter from Enbrel

> about ins. chnges i'm afraid they are going to

> change it for next year. if so i just might have to

> go off enbrel. i can't afford $740 every 3 mos. i

> read some where that enbrel has a plan that might

> help on co-pays . i kind of scares me to go off

> enbrel i think it's the only thing that is keeping

> me out of a wheelchair. if i end up in a wheelchair

> you might as well shoot me. don't know what to do

> right now. seems like i got a lot of thinking to do

> about ins plans. your friend mike

>

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Mike,

Call enbrel and ask for patient assistance. They do have agencies

that they can refer you to for co-pay assistance. These agencies

usually require you to have a co-pay of more than $50 a month to

qualify. The ones I found were reimbursement programs. You pay

upfront and they will reimburse you for the cost.

I had problems with this kind of program. If I had the money up

front to pay then I wouldn't need assistance. Plus waiting for

reimbursement does not always work. Hmmm...what I am suppose to tell

the morgage company while I wait for the check to get my money back?

I choose not to take Enbrel or Humira after checking out the

assistance options.

I took Enbrel for over a year when I had really good drug coverage

and it was a total waste of money and time. I ended up throwing

about three months of the drug in the trash. It didn't work and I

started having bad reactions. My stupid old rheummy told me keep

taking it...I decided to stop...then a few weeks later he said

stop...of course I had just filled the prescription again and I was

required to get it via mailorder and three months at a time.

Good luck

Toni in Texas

>

> hi a and Lynn. i just got a letter from Enbrel about ins.

chnges i'm afraid they are going to change it for next year. if so i

just might have to go off enbrel. i can't afford $740 every 3 mos. i

read some where that enbrel has a plan that might help on co-pays .

i kind of scares me to go off enbrel i think it's the only thing that

is keeping me out of a wheelchair. if i end up in a wheelchair you

might as well shoot me. don't know what to do right now. seems like

i got a lot of thinking to do about ins plans. your friend

mike

>

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Mike, calm down.

I alos have great money concerns, but most drug companies have some sort of

assitance programs. Ask you doctor or go on the internet and look at enbel,com

or wyth.com (parent company). Or contact whatever government agency handles

medicare or welfare or foodstamps in your part of the country. Believe me I know

what I am talking about i get huneria thru there patient assitance program, my

rhumy

arranged it for me. You will need to fill out some paperwork, have a proof of

income (taxes) and the doctor will need to sign it, Look into this it is doable.

I get ultracet, mobic, humeria, and a few other drugs thu assitance progams,

Please contact me if I can help you anymore. G

lynn knurek <lynn8953@...> wrote:

mike will you quit talikng about shooting

yourself!!!!!!!!! usually if you notify the pharm

company that makes your medicine they will give you a

huge discount-i have even heard of people who get ot

for free sometimes-they most likely will send you a

from to fill out and one for your doctor-sometimes the

docotr can even initiate the whole processs for

you.look into it asap....lynn8953

--- mike nelson <winchester19572004@...> wrote:

> hi a and Lynn. i just got a letter from Enbrel

> about ins. chnges i'm afraid they are going to

> change it for next year. if so i just might have to

> go off enbrel. i can't afford $740 every 3 mos. i

> read some where that enbrel has a plan that might

> help on co-pays . i kind of scares me to go off

> enbrel i think it's the only thing that is keeping

> me out of a wheelchair. if i end up in a wheelchair

> you might as well shoot me. don't know what to do

> right now. seems like i got a lot of thinking to do

> about ins plans. your friend mike

>

>

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Hi Mike. I hope this isn't the case. But if it is, maybe you can get

assistance from Amgen:

Providers and patients interested in determining what financial

assistance programs may be available should call Amgen's

Reimbursement Connection® at 1-800-272-9376. The Reimbursement

Connection has an extensive database of potential resources available

to assist patients who are uninsured, underinsured or need assistance

in paying their co-pays, including referral to independent patient

assistance programs.

Someone I know that became unemployed just faxed in their pay stubs

and was immediately approved. I feel the same way you do. I KNOW

Enbrel is what is keeping me out of the wheel chair. I'm always

afraid it will loose it's effectiveness since I've been on it for so

long. Guess I have to not worry about tomorrow.

My insurance plan changed in October and we're faced with paying much

more for our care. It's bad enough to pay top dollar for insurance,

but then have to pay big money for care as will is just not fair.

Crazy world we live in.

a

On Nov 25, 2005, at 2:37 PM, mike nelson wrote:

> hi a and Lynn. i just got a letter from Enbrel about ins.

> chnges i'm afraid they are going to change it for next year. if so

> i just might have to go off enbrel. i can't afford $740 every 3

> mos. i read some where that enbrel has a plan that might help on co-

> pays . i kind of scares me to go off enbrel i think it's the only

> thing that is keeping me out of a wheelchair. if i end up in a

> wheelchair you might as well shoot me. don't know what to do right

> now. seems like i got a lot of thinking to do about ins

> plans. your friend mike

>

>

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thanks a for the info. i hope i don't have to use it. tho.

a <a54@...> wrote: Hi Mike. I hope this isn't the case. But if

it is, maybe you can get

assistance from Amgen:

Providers and patients interested in determining what financial

assistance programs may be available should call Amgen's

Reimbursement Connection® at 1-800-272-9376. The Reimbursement

Connection has an extensive database of potential resources available

to assist patients who are uninsured, underinsured or need assistance

in paying their co-pays, including referral to independent patient

assistance programs.

Someone I know that became unemployed just faxed in their pay stubs

and was immediately approved. I feel the same way you do. I KNOW

Enbrel is what is keeping me out of the wheel chair. I'm always

afraid it will loose it's effectiveness since I've been on it for so

long. Guess I have to not worry about tomorrow.

My insurance plan changed in October and we're faced with paying much

more for our care. It's bad enough to pay top dollar for insurance,

but then have to pay big money for care as will is just not fair.

Crazy world we live in.

a

On Nov 25, 2005, at 2:37 PM, mike nelson wrote:

> hi a and Lynn. i just got a letter from Enbrel about ins.

> chnges i'm afraid they are going to change it for next year. if so

> i just might have to go off enbrel. i can't afford $740 every 3

> mos. i read some where that enbrel has a plan that might help on co-

> pays . i kind of scares me to go off enbrel i think it's the only

> thing that is keeping me out of a wheelchair. if i end up in a

> wheelchair you might as well shoot me. don't know what to do right

> now. seems like i got a lot of thinking to do about ins

> plans. your friend mike

>

>

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THANKS you have been a great help ..... Mike

susan smith <bizzare48@...> wrote: Mike, calm down.

I alos have great money concerns, but most drug companies have some sort of

assitance programs. Ask you doctor or go on the internet and look at enbel,com

or wyth.com (parent company). Or contact whatever government agency handles

medicare or welfare or foodstamps in your part of the country. Believe me I know

what I am talking about i get huneria thru there patient assitance program, my

rhumy

arranged it for me. You will need to fill out some paperwork, have a proof of

income (taxes) and the doctor will need to sign it, Look into this it is doable.

I get ultracet, mobic, humeria, and a few other drugs thu assitance progams,

Please contact me if I can help you anymore. G

lynn knurek <lynn8953@...> wrote:

mike will you quit talikng about shooting

yourself!!!!!!!!! usually if you notify the pharm

company that makes your medicine they will give you a

huge discount-i have even heard of people who get ot

for free sometimes-they most likely will send you a

from to fill out and one for your doctor-sometimes the

docotr can even initiate the whole processs for

you.look into it asap....lynn8953

--- mike nelson <winchester19572004@...> wrote:

> hi a and Lynn. i just got a letter from Enbrel

> about ins. chnges i'm afraid they are going to

> change it for next year. if so i just might have to

> go off enbrel. i can't afford $740 every 3 mos. i

> read some where that enbrel has a plan that might

> help on co-pays . i kind of scares me to go off

> enbrel i think it's the only thing that is keeping

> me out of a wheelchair. if i end up in a wheelchair

> you might as well shoot me. don't know what to do

> right now. seems like i got a lot of thinking to do

> about ins plans. your friend mike

>

>

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Lynn don't worry . the only gun i have is a b.b gun LOL .. don't think will to

much damage anyway. sometimes it seems so hopeless and you just don't where to

turn . Thank God for this group!!!!!!!!!!!!! OH by the way if i had a gun i

couldn't pull the trigger. the way my hands are.. Thank you Lynn

lynn knurek <lynn8953@...> wrote: mike will you quit talikng about

shooting

yourself!!!!!!!!! usually if you notify the pharm

company that makes your medicine they will give you a

huge discount-i have even heard of people who get ot

for free sometimes-they most likely will send you a

from to fill out and one for your doctor-sometimes the

docotr can even initiate the whole processs for

you.look into it asap....lynn8953

--- mike nelson <winchester19572004@...> wrote:

> hi a and Lynn. i just got a letter from Enbrel

> about ins. chnges i'm afraid they are going to

> change it for next year. if so i just might have to

> go off enbrel. i can't afford $740 every 3 mos. i

> read some where that enbrel has a plan that might

> help on co-pays . i kind of scares me to go off

> enbrel i think it's the only thing that is keeping

> me out of a wheelchair. if i end up in a wheelchair

> you might as well shoot me. don't know what to do

> right now. seems like i got a lot of thinking to do

> about ins plans. your friend mike

>

>

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