Enbrel - Disability - Cobra - Wisconsin

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Please use caution when ordering Enbrel anywhere but a reputable

pharmacy.

Look in October 2003 Reader's Digest for an article called " It's a

FAKE and

your pharmacist doesn't know it " by Eban

It doesn't mention Enbrel, but it talks about other drugs and the

refrigerating of drugs, ordering online, etc. very interesting.

I'm also on COBRA (thanks to being fired from Northwestern Mutual as

a home

office employee saying I'm NOT disabled) <hope no one here carries

their

Disability Insurance because is WORTHLESS as is the whole company>

until

December when Medicare kicks in. Social Security does find me

disabled. I

did find that Enbrel and many of my other prescription companies do

have

plans for free meds once you don't have any coverage.

Tamra (34)

-Sero-negative RA - major pain daily

-Cervical Disc Disease (4 level fusion)

-Lumbar Disc Disease (need a fusion - 2 discectomies already)

-(so far, 5 spine surgeries)

-Single mom to a very smart & active 4 year old.

-Cold Climate, chill in the air, worse pain already beginning! - Hi

Lyn! Go

Packers! Wisconsin Also

-Protonix, Plaquinel, Enbrel, Effexor, Concerta, Xanax

> -----Original Message-----

> From: oregonbeth [mailto:broot@...]

> Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 10:34 PM

> Rheumatoid Arthritis

> Subject: Re: Has anyone tried getting

Enbrel from

> Canadian pharmacies?

>

>

> Janet,

>

> I would be really careful about trying to mail order Enbrel or

other

> biologic agents from Canada, since it is essential that they be

kept

> refrigerated during shipment. The US mail order pharmacies send

them

> overnight delivery packaged in ice, but there are reports of

Canadian

> pharmacies not being as careful. You don't want to pay for a

supply

> and find out that it's ruined and unusable when you receive it.

>

> Prior to your COBRA insurance running out, you should start

looking

> into other options. If the plan that you are on COBRA from was

> insured, then that company typically has to offer you conversion

to

> an individual plan. If it was self-insured (meaning that the plan

> sponsor paid the actual claims, rather than purchasing a product

from

> an insurance company), there's often (but not always) a state

> insurance pool that has to provide coverage to you. The key is to

> not have any lag time between when one policy ends and the other

> starts. It's never too early to start exploring your options. If

> for some reason you do end up without insurance, Enbrel (and other

> companies) have some plans to provide the product at free or

reduced

> cost.

>

> Beth

>

>

> > " If for some reason you do end up without insurance, Enbrel (and

other

> companies) have some plans to provide the product at free or reduced

> cost.

>

> Yes, and the drug companies are mandated by the federal gov. to

provide

these are either no cost for the indigent, or at low cost for others.

Here

is also a gov. site that offers personalized info on what is

available to

you in both private and public drug assistance programs.

> ( It is a Medicare / Medicaid site, but the info given is not

related to

just Medicare etc.)

>

> Prescription Drug and Other Assistance Programs

>

>

http://www.medicare.gov/AssistancePrograms/home.asp?

version=default & browser=IE%7C6%

7CWinNT & language=English & defaultstatus=0 & pagelist=Home

>

>