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Tag: Health insurance

A Health Insurance Change Makes me Feel like Alice in Wonderland

health insurance madness

For my wife, Laura, and I, trying to change our address on our health insurance accounts last week was like following Alice down the rabbit hole. “The rabbit-hole went straight on like a tunnel for some way, and then dipped suddenly down, so suddenly that Alice had not a moment to think about stopping herself before she found herself falling down a very deep well.“ Lewis Carroll – “Alice’s Adventures…Continue Reading

Insurer Sends Patients to Mexico to Find Less Expensive Meds

Less expensive meds

MS medications are expensive in the United States. We all know that. We also know that less expensive meds can be found in places like Canada and Mexico. So, here’s a novel idea from the nonprofit health insurance provider PEHP, which covers state workers and their families in Utah: Pay those patients to buy their expensive meds south of the border. As Erin Alberty reports in The Salt Lake Tribune, the…Continue Reading

Affording Your #MS Medications…or Not

Have you been in this Catch-22? You had great medical insurance when you were working. But, you’re not working anymore. Your insurance now comes with a $6,000 deductible and it no longer covers any medications. That $6,000 is about a fifth of your yearly income. You took early retirement because of your MS, but the pension you’re getting puts you over the limit to receive Medicaid help. You can’t get Social…Continue Reading

Questions About Health Insurance for Your MS?

A lot of people on the various MS social media groups that I follow are worried about their health and drug insurance…losing it, not being able to afford it, etc. The National MS Society and Can-Do MS have scheduled an insurance webinar this coming Tuesday and it looks like it will provide some good info. You can register by clicking the “RSVP” tab below: Common Health Insurance Problems in MS:…Continue Reading