 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | You can get your meds at VA if he has a claim established already. Without a "C" number and if he doesn't have a service related disability they don't have to take him.
Look into AARP's supplemental insurance as well.
If you're self employed you can set up a small group, "no questions asked" plan at Kaiser (assuming that there is one in your area). It's expensive but very thorough coverage.
RT alone can run as high as 5K/treatment(day). Zofran is $35.00 a pill (3x a day). That one script alone costs $795.00. The average cancer treatment gross cost is a million dollars.
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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