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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Alzheimer's / June 2004insurance coverage for medication
My mother's doctor has recently prescribed Namenda to be added to the Reminyl that she is already taking. However, her insurance company says that Namenda is not in their formulary so the cost to her will be higher than she can handle on a fixed income. Is there anything that can be said to the insurance company to get them to make a higher payment on the medication? Thank you for any information you can give us. Maven98 Hi, Try having the Dr write a letter to the insurance company. You might want to remind them also that if they won't pay for the med that you aren't sure how long she will be able to live at home since they are refusing meds that might help her with her activities of daily living. The longer she retains adl's the better off she would be. Make your arguments about it costing them more later on. Insurance companies only care about the bottom line.As a last resort go to the link below my name and check out the free meds links. Sometimes people can even get free/reduced meds directly from the company. Try contacting the company to see if they have a program. -- Mare mfcoleman@THEOLEmindspring.com http://www.muggsmulcher.com/kstuff/a.s.a/intro.htm alt.support.alzheimers' FAQs and Stuff Pages > My mother's doctor has recently prescribed Namenda to be added to the > Reminyl that she is already taking. However, her insurance company [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Maven98 : bottom line.As a last resort go to the link below my name : and check out the free meds links. Sometimes people can even get : free/reduced meds directly from the company. Try contacting the : company to see if they have a program. Forest Pharm. recently added support for Namenda (sp?) to its very low income meds program. I have found that the program "PACE" in Pennsylvania is very supportive of a lot of geriatric medicines. Hopefully they'll have a Pace program in your area. > My mother's doctor has recently prescribed Namenda to be added to the > Reminyl that she is already taking. However, her insurance company [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Maven98 Is there a "drugs from Canada" source in your area? > I have found that the program "PACE" in Pennsylvania is very supportive of a > lot of geriatric medicines. Hopefully they'll have a Pace program in your [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > > > Maven98 |
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