Hepatitis C Support Group
Hepatitis C is a blood-borne viral disease which can cause liver inflammation, fibrosis, cirrhosis and liver cancer. The hepatitis C virus (HCV) is spread by blood-to-blood contact with an infected person's blood. Many people with HCV infection have no symptoms and are unaware of the need to seek treatment. Hepatitis C infects an estimated 150-200 million people worldwide.
That was my third denial,a nd I'm not allowed to appeal again. I hate my insurance co. Yes, I'm stage 1 (Supposedly. An old fibrosure showed stage2-4) but I'm tired, have eye problems, etc. Next Nov. I'll have another chance to switch insurance carriers.
Or, if one of your meds is going to be Olysio, call Pan Foundation - 1-866-316-7263 . I was on Sovaldi and Olysio, and Pan Foundation arranged funding for my treatments. I didn't have to pay anything.
You mentioned the Pan foundation. Are you referring to the Patient Assistance National Foundation otherwise known as PANF?
Did you know that they can help you in the future when medicare stops paying for your cyclosporine in 5 years? if I remember correctly?
They are so kind and very helpful! And they have been helping me with the costs of my Tacrolimus which even for generics is still an expensive co-payment but, They helped me to get back on the original brand name of Prograf and I really have felt so much better ever since. I don't know if they restarted to help Hep C patients again so I cannot write for sure, but I think they stopped helping hep c patients for their meds when I applied. Still, this is a new year and they could be opening it again if they haven't already.
I actually got a phone call from some woman, I have no idea who she is -- she said her organization helps people who are rejected with the paperwork to get free meds from Gilead. I guesss the insurance told her they rejected me? So she's mailing me the papers, mostly filled out. I just hav e to fill in income. SOmewhat more hopeful.