Posted by honeybee on May 31, 2006, at 16:09:27
In reply to Re: can't get a perscription - help? » Larry Hoover, posted by wishingstar on May 29, 2006, at 23:48:53
Some companies, like Lilly, offer assistance programs for people who wouldn't ordinarily have access to their medicines. You sound like you'd be in that boat, though the material on the Lilly website, at least, says "through a physician" (but maybe your OB/GYN could help?)
Here's a brief bit of info from the Lilly site:
Lilly Cares™
Lilly Cares is a patient assistance program provided by Lilly through the Lilly Cares Foundation. As part of the company's efforts to provide access to our products for legal U.S. residents regardless of their ability to pay, we created a program to offer free medication, through physicians, to patients who are otherwise unable to obtain our products. Lilly Cares assists patients who are uninsured and whose income is less than 200 percent of the federal poverty level. In 2004, the Lilly Cares program responded to 275,000 requests, valued at $167 million, for Lilly products. Most Lilly products are available through the program.Eligibility is based on the patient's inability to pay and lack of third-party drug payment assistance, including insurance, Medicaid and government, community, or private programs and cannot be eligible for Medicare. Applications are available to anyone and must be completed and signed by the patient and the physician. Patients can download a blank application from the Lilly Cares website or applications can be faxed to you by calling 1-800-545-6962.
http://www.lillycares.com/index.jsp
Pfizer has one, too, though it seems to say that if you have prescription drug coverage, that you wouldn't be eligible.
https://www.pfizerhelpfulanswers.com/ConnectionToCare.aspx
Hope this helps.
Meanwhile, I'll be crossly thinking about the (**!x%) dratted-ness of the American healthcare system.
Please keep us posted how you do. Wish that I could help.
hb
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