Guest guest Posted November 8, 2010 Report Share Posted November 8, 2010 I am going to retire in two years and have questions on gleevec and medicare. does medicare pay for gleevec or can i to get a supplement to cover the cost i am totally in the dark in this area care giver: E. Durbin Sheila dx 2001 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 8, 2010 Report Share Posted November 8, 2010 Medicare does not pay for Gleevec.Do you have anything with your work!! Consider you need about $7000.00 worth of meds for 90 days look for a plan that has life supporting drugs with lowest co pay. I pay $12.00 for 90 days with my plan from retirement. Have been on 600 Gleevec for 5 years,that is about $400,000 so far. Good Luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 8, 2010 Report Share Posted November 8, 2010 Excuse me for interjecting here, but I'm not that familiar with the new Medicare provisons:  so Part D or whatever would not pay?  If we have a private insurance, we should keep that as part of the supplement to Medicare?  Supplements don't normally pay for medicine, do they? This is all very confusing.  From: Shipley <paulorkay@...> Subject: Re: [ ] cost of gleevec Date: Sunday, November 7, 2010, 7:16 PM  Medicare does not pay for Gleevec.Do you have anything with your work!! Consider you need about $7000.00 worth of meds for 90 days look for a plan that has life supporting drugs with lowest co pay. I pay $12.00 for 90 days with my plan from retirement. Have been on 600 Gleevec for 5 years,that is about $400,000 so far. Good Luck  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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