Health Boards
Mon-27-11-2023, 21:45 PM
Fred, I don't know how much insurance information on me trying to get Skyrizi you'd want in this thread since it's about treatments. It's relevant to being a part of my journey with Skyrizi, but perhaps not the place for it so feel free to move it elsewhere if you think that would be better.
So, I'm impressed with the AbbVie people I have dealt with so far. Today my nurse called, she will be the one teaching me how to inject (which will be short and sweet since I've done it before) and answer any questions or direct me to someone to answer questions regarding the medication itself, issues with getting it, etc.
I told her where I was so far and she said it's not uncommon for the pharmacy to sign their customers up for the AbbVie savings card, however what happens is that they notify AbbVie who basically says sure, we'll send her one (which would have been the phone call I received) BUT... it doesn't mean it (the savings card) will work.
So she recommended after we talked that she would put me with a specialist who handles that side of things and....
Yeah, Medicare patients including those on Medicare Advantage are NOT eligible for the AbbVie Savings Card program just as I feared.
However, they do have other programs for Medicare patients and gave me the information on how to apply on their site. She said once I fill out the information they will send the doctor his/her part to fill out and get on it right away. The nurse said they can usually make it happen but there are some cases where they can't so we'll just have to see.
I'll keep updating as I get more information. I was hoping that somehow it was already a done deal, but somehow I just knew it was not going to be that simple.
So, I'm impressed with the AbbVie people I have dealt with so far. Today my nurse called, she will be the one teaching me how to inject (which will be short and sweet since I've done it before) and answer any questions or direct me to someone to answer questions regarding the medication itself, issues with getting it, etc.
I told her where I was so far and she said it's not uncommon for the pharmacy to sign their customers up for the AbbVie savings card, however what happens is that they notify AbbVie who basically says sure, we'll send her one (which would have been the phone call I received) BUT... it doesn't mean it (the savings card) will work.
So she recommended after we talked that she would put me with a specialist who handles that side of things and....Yeah, Medicare patients including those on Medicare Advantage are NOT eligible for the AbbVie Savings Card program just as I feared.
However, they do have other programs for Medicare patients and gave me the information on how to apply on their site. She said once I fill out the information they will send the doctor his/her part to fill out and get on it right away. The nurse said they can usually make it happen but there are some cases where they can't so we'll just have to see.
I'll keep updating as I get more information. I was hoping that somehow it was already a done deal, but somehow I just knew it was not going to be that simple.