GET HELP FROM DRUG MANUFACTURERS!
If you are in the “donut hole” or cannot pay for your expensive medications you may want to try to contact the actual drug manufactuer to see if you qualify to get help from them.
Pharmaceutical companies offer assistance programs for the drugs they make. To see if any programs are available for the drugs you are taking, please go to the CMS medicare Part D webpage http://www.medicare.gov/pap/index.asp select the letter in the list provided to see if your drug is on the list. If your drug is on the list, click on the link labeled “details” for detailed information about the program.
Also, there are some states that offer help with paying drug plan premiums and/or other drug costs. You can find out if your State has a program by visiting the CMS State Pharmaceutical Assistance Program site at http://www.medicare.gov/spap.asp
If you have had an experience with getting help this way, we would like to hear from you. It helps other people to know what you have gone through. You can write me by using the link at the top right corner of this site.
