Psoriasis Support Group
Psoriasis is an immune-mediated disease which affects the skin and joints. When it affects the skin it commonly appears as red scaly elevated patches called plaques. Psoriasis plaques frequently occur on the elbows and knees, but can affect any area of skin including the scalp and genital area. Psoriasis can also cause inflammation of the joints. This is known as...
I just got a call from my insurance company denying me approval for Humira. When I asked them why they said it was because I had not tryed enough of the other medications such as the oral ones like Methotrexate. I have had psoriasis for 30 years, during that time have ben to more dermatologist then I can remember and tryed more medications and treatments then I want to remember. I pay big premiums for my insurance and they have the nerve to try to tell my present dermatologist who is the one who recommended the Humira how to treat me. Since when do the insurance companies get to be the ones to tell us which treatment we should have? I really thought that I would get that from my doctor not a paper pusher. As you can tell I am a little pissed off right know, I have to see my dermatologist on Monday and discuss what we will do next and I am just tired of it all but especially having my psoriasis out of control and not being able to get a treatment that might help it. AUGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
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Insurance companies are a pain! I was using Raptiva for over a year and they stopped covering it. They cover other similar meds though..go figure. Some of the pharmaceutical companies have programs to help pay for the meds. I know Humira, Raptiva and Remicade do. Maybe you could ask your dr? It may not cover the whole cost, but its worth a shot. Hope you get some relief.
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insurance companies do suck. i dont have insurance right now because i have been out of work for over 2 years but they have a foundation with the company that makes humira so i get it for free. I was on enbrel which worked for a little while but then stopped working so now im on humira.
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Yes they are absolutely awful. Thankfully mine has covered my enbrel for the past three years, but my brother has not been so lucky. He has been continuously denied health insurance because of his "preexisting condition" that is psoriasis, (think of the move Sicko and go see if it you haven't.) I worry about him all the time because he is uninsured. And he is willing to pay virtually any price to get private insurance but no one will take him on because of his one psoriasis outbreak. He was not even officially diagnosed with the disease, his records show that he once used psoriasis medicine and that is what these insurance companies are going off of. It makes me absolutely sick to my stomach because I know that in a few short years I will face the same fate and will be stuck fronting $2,000 a month for the drugs I desperately need.
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What is going on with the insurance companies is nothing short of criminal. I got an infection with MRSA (the superbug) and my life was in danger as it was travelling into my brain. There was a new med out for it. Only problem is that it was $250.00 a pill! My medicare rejected it as the one antibiotic that would work was cheaper...didn't mention that it came as intravenous only...they paid through the nose for my hospitalization and home care, though. After going through 3 wks of intravenous, I recieved a letter from insurance that I would be covered for the $250.00 tablets but my copay for a month would be $3,000.00. I guess we can't afford to get sick anymore. We are being abandoned in the name of profit margin. This cannot be America, this can't be the dream nation the world envies! My bitterness runs deep. Just like you are feeling right now. Unbelievable.
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USA Health Insurance is a "for profit" business. They look to help you in the most cost effective means, which means you have to jump thru hoops. Their outlook is "why approve a $3000 a month drug when a $1000 a month drug will work."
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