another Medicare question - is Avonex covered?
- From: Ted Hart <thart@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 06:43:33 GMT
Hi, I need some advice again, this time on Medicare coverage. Hopefully someone will know something about this.
So, I was talking my friend today who has to go on Medicare. She needs to take the avononex injection but says she will have to pay 20% of it. Well, I'm sure you know how expensive it is but the 20% is more than she can afford. She also said that she would have to pay the same percentage for her other MS drugs - I know she usually has at least a half dozen bottles of pills with her at any time. She is 40 and is on SS disability and receives very little income.
So my question is, is this true or is she confused about the coverage? I know she is having a major problem understanding the coverage right now. I told her that there are probably advisers out there to help but I really don't know that either.
Also, at one point she mentioned a supplement to Medicare that was somewhat affordable and made coverage better. Would something like this cover the avonex and MS medications if they are not covered by the base coverage?
Any advice would be appreciated.
Thx, Ted .
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