Hi Penny I chose Medicare part A and B. Later I chose prescription Part D. I have Humana prescription coverage. I really like Humans. Good luck.
My Motto: Faith and Pills Jeanie 🐟🐟18,s Dx 1/2004. CML Leukemia Started Gleevec 2/2004 Started Tasigna 9/2009 Started Sprycel 11/2009 Started Ponatinib January 2015 Dr Balducci Moffitt Cancer Center > On Nov 4, 2015, at 9:53 PM, Myvety2k via CMLHope <cmlhope@googlegroups.com> > wrote: > > Penny, check out Humana before you do anything. > > Greenie > Fort Myers, FL. > > In a message dated 11/4/2015 8:31:56 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > cmlhope@googlegroups.com writes: > Hello all.......I started on Gleevec it worked for 12 years then it stopped > so am on Sprycel > now. I buy insurance through my employer Wal Mart and get co-pay assistance > occasionaly. > > I am looking forward to turning 65 and getting medicare in two years.....if > you have any advice on supplamental ins. please pass it along. I am barely > making it through the work day now...Wal Mart now requires you to work an > average of 30 hours a week to be ab le to purchase ins. from them. Yes, > things are changing everywhere..... > > Penny > boogie_woo...@yahoo.com > > > BOOGIE WOOGIE > > > > On Monday, November 2, 2015 2:10 AM, "cmlhope@googlegroups.com" > <cmlhope@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > > cmlhope@googlegroups.com Google Groups > Topic digest > View all topics > New Insurance - 4 Updates > New Insurance > perk <perkuss...@msn.com>: Nov 01 12:04PM -0800 > > My wife and I have insurance through the Healthcare Marketplace (Obama > care) where they pay most of the premium amount. Without any notification, > they stopped paying and the insurance company dropped us, even though I > paid our amount. My wife found out by trying to have a prescription > refilled and told at the pharmacy that we had no insurance. I take 70 MG of > Sprycel and the cost for a 30 day supply is $7000.00 without insurance. I > got everything worked out with the Healthcare Marketplace and my insurance > carrier so we're good for now. > > I am suppose to go on Medicare soon and pay for a Part D plan to pay for > prescription medicine but the insurance only pays 75% of the cost. I don't > think I can pay 25% of $7000.00 every month. Any advice on this matter will > be greatly appreciated. > > I wish I could stay on the Obama care plan I have now, as it has been > affordable for my wife and I. Marco Rubio was on TV this morning saying if > he were elected president, he would repeal Obama care. Many GOP > presidential hopefuls have said the same thing. I know the plan is not > perfect but it has worked well for my wife and I for the last 2 years and > made it affordable to purchase a Tier 5 drug. > > James in Texas > > On Friday, October 30, 2015 at 6:16:02 PM UTC-5, Suzieq wrote: > > Icandoallttc <icandoall...@aol.com>: Nov 01 03:20PM -0500 > > Hi James and I had the same problem a few years ago. There are organizations > that will help you pay the co pay. The leukemia society is one and others. > Good luck > > My Motto: Faith and Pills > Jeanie 🐟🐟18,s > Dx 1/2004. CML Leukemia > Started Gleevec 2/2004 > Started Tasigna 9/2009 > Started Sprycel 11/2009 > Started Ponatinib January 2015 > Dr Balducci Moffitt Cancer Center > > Icandoallttc <icandoall...@aol.com>: Nov 01 03:21PM -0500 > > I am on Medicare D and it's a great plan. > > My Motto: Faith and Pills > Jeanie 🐟🐟18,s > Dx 1/2004. CML Leukemia > Started Gleevec 2/2004 > Started Tasigna 9/2009 > Started Sprycel 11/2009 > Started Ponatinib January 2015 > Dr Balducci Moffitt Cancer Center > > Marty Gartenberg <wa2...@gmail.com>: Nov 01 09:03PM -0500 > > Hi James > > Don't bet your boots on anything to do with the Healthcare Marketplace > (Obama care) or Medicare. Now I am not being political but first you have > it and then it is gone and by the way I bet no one ever told you about it > being gone until..... > > I am on Medicare ever since I was afflicted with leukemia at the age of > only 45. I then had to wait another two years to be accepted onto Medicare. > We were really down to nothing left in our savings and many other things > that put us in dire straights. From being an Electrical Engineer to > nothing. We did everything in order to survive and through thick and thin. > > Years passed and we were able to continue with Medicare along with a > supplemental policy. Fine, everything was working fine then without any > notice and the powers to be decided to not pay anything for an in home picc > line especially if it had to be tendered by a home care nurse. Now this was > my second picc line. The first had to have an in line pump on it and of > course also tendered by a home care nurse. The first was paid by Medicare > and the 20% was paid by my supplemental policy. > > However for the second one since Medicare didn't pay anything then the > supplemental policy didn't pay anything either. Yes things have changed. > But also for some doctors that have always accepted Medicare. Two of my > doctors have given up their practice and decided to join a hospital rather > then with their practice. And you know things are about to get worse! All > of this isn't the worst of it, but I can go on and on. You just have to > learn what you can or can't do. > > I really wish you good luck. > > 18's, > > Marty > > Back to top > You received this digest because you're subscribed to updates for this group. > You can change your settings on the group membership page. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it send an > email to cmlhope+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > > -- > -- > [CMLHope] > A support group of http://cmlhope.com > ------------------------------------------------- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CMLHope" group. > To post to this group, send email to CMLHope@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > cmlhope-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CMLHope" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to cmlhope+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- > -- > [CMLHope] > A support group of http://cmlhope.com > ------------------------------------------------- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CMLHope" group. > To post to this group, send email to CMLHope@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > cmlhope-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CMLHope" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to cmlhope+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- [CMLHope] A support group of http://cmlhope.com ------------------------------------------------- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CMLHope" group. 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