Help with copays - a couple of resources
I don't know if anyone else went into shock when they discovered how much the co-pay for chemo treatment would be, like I did. We have Medicare with a supplmental policy, with an annual deductible of just over $6700.00. When they told us the copay for each treatment would run $700-$900 dollars I had no idea how we were going to come up with the upfront cost before each treatment. Fortunately, the oncology dept at the hospital has a financial advisor who worked with us to apply for copayment assistance, and we've been approved. Huge Relief!Maybe most of you already know about these organizations/foundations, but thought I'd post them just in case.
We are getting help from this organization:
A friend told me that she got financial assistance from this foundation for her hepatitis chemo, but they also help with cancer treatment:
https://www.panfoundation.org/index.php
Grace
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Article in local newspaper
has some resources that may be helpful too...
http://www.philly.com/philly/business/20150608_Finding_help_for_the_high_costsof_cancer_care.html0
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