Will United HC drop me eventually because of my expensive meds?

Drbiner
Drbiner CSN Member Posts: 1 Member
in Prostate Cancer #1

I am 70 years old andhave stage four prostate cancer, which is metastasized to my bones. I was diagnosed one and a half years ago, have been through four months of chemotherapy, and then was started on Nubeqa which I took for about four months before it stopped working. My oncologist recently started me on Lynparza, which is apparently a very expensive medication. I’m concerned that my insurance, United healthcare, will eventually find some way to drop me if I continue on this medication. Does anyone else any ideas about this?

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  • Wheel
    Wheel CSN Member Posts: 237 Member
    #2

    Very sorry to hear that your treatment is starting to not work. With it metastasized to your bones and not working please consider if you are in proximity to a comprehensive cancer center it can open many new doors to experimental promising new treatments in Phase 2 trials that otherwise you would have no opportunity to access and not needing to worry about your insurance covering the clinical trial.

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