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Starting FORTEO tomorrow and so nervous.

Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Mar 4 2:26pm | Replies (127)

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@lkel

I am not challenging your comment about the income level but I wanted to share that Lily Cares Foundation covered 2 years of Forteo for me with no copay. The time frame was Sept of 2021 through 2023. I applied through the medical clinic where my Endo is. My income is quite a bit higher than the $44,000 you mentioned.

I didn't believe Lilly Cares would help out. The clinic kept calling me to get me to fill out the paperwork. I finally did. It turns out that drugs are listed by Tier, and Forteo is (or was) a high enough tier that one could make more than 4 times $44,000 and still get assistance. All my Forteo was covered 100%.

Perhaps Forteo's Tier number has gone down, but I would contact your clinic and get the paperwork from them and return the application to your clinic.

The Tier numbers I saw were not necessarily the Medicare Tier numbers. These tier numbers were with a chart about prescription payment assistance.

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I hope you are correct, but as of November 2023 that was what was on the online form. That was for a single person income. It was higher if you were married, had kids, etc. I had to submit my 2022 tax form as proof. Maybe they just use the chart as a guide and look at every person individually based on health condition. I appreciate your sharing your info.