Guest guest Posted December 24, 2005 Report Share Posted December 24, 2005 Thanks for the information, Fred. How are you doing now? Carolyn, age 77, dx 9/04, w & w --- Fred Hummel <fch@...> wrote: > What does Medicare pay for? Your letter was not > clear. > > > Hi Carolyn, > > The short answer is that, so far, Medicare has paid > for every therapy I've > had for this disease. In fact, I can't remember ever > being bounced for any > health care service even when I thought some charges > (from a dermatologist) > were outrageously high. Oh, there were some > rejections for double-billing or > for inaccurate information provided with the claim > but Medicare always came > through. > > I could go on to make a political statement but > being this is holiday time, > I'll show some mercy and save it for next year. > > Wishing you the best, > Fred Hummel, 79, Arcata, CA; > CLL/SLL dx 1.98; > Fludara 2000; > Fludara, Rituxan, Novantrone, Decadron, 2002; > Rituxan, 2004; > Rituxan, Chlorambucil, Prednisone, 2005. > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 24, 2005 Report Share Posted December 24, 2005 Thanks for the information, Fred. How are you doing now? Carolyn, Hi Carolyn, Am due for the fourth course of infusions in the 2-year, every 6-month, R Maint protocol. Unless my arm is twisted, I'll probably hold off until symptoms appear. I'd been feeling pretty darn good until today but I think I'm paying a price for over-activity yesterday. First day of sun after a week of heavy rain; you know how that goes. If I don't go overboard on the egg nog tonight, I hope to be back to normal tomorrow. Cheers to all, may we all stuff the beast back in his cage for the holidays. And beyond! Fred Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 29, 2005 Report Share Posted December 29, 2005 just to weight in, my insurance paid for Rituxan along wit Fludarabine, don't know what it would do for something like Ritux maintenance though. Marietta, 48, dx 2003 Stage IV, Rituxan+Fludarabine 4/03-8/03 <html><div><BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style= " MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px " > <P align=center><FONT face= " Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif " color=#33ccff><EM><STRONG>Marietta Brill <BR></STRONG>cell: 718-938-8712 <BR></EM></FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE></div></html> ----Original Message Follows---- From: " Bill Wilcox " <bill.wilcox@...> Reply-SLL-CLL-edu <SLL-CLL-edu > Subject: Re: Digest Number 533 Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 12:33:20 -0600 Haven't I seen ssomeplace that Rituxan is counter-indicated for CLL? SLL-CLL-edu/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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