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Best Medicare Advantage drug plan for Prostate Cancer?
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Oct 28, 2023 | Replies (24)Comment receiving replies
He's on a generic chemo drug. Retail price is $27,000 per month. After insurance, 13,000 per month! Who and the hell can afford that?
Mayo Rochester got us Minnesota Drug Card which brought it fown to $300. We do not even live in Minnesota....my thought is Mayo has a lot of pull in the state. Thank the lord for their help or he wouldn't be taking the meds he needs. We are on SS and a modest pension.
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Wow. For a generic drug!!! And it is off of patent otherwise they couldn't have a generic version. Almost no one could afford that. $300/month would be difficult for many retirees - and this is a country where most people do not have enough saved for retirement.
I have followed healthcare industry for decades (it was an end market for my company). I know they like to develop blockbuster drugs - a market of $0.5 billion. Rarer things are not so interesting to them because of small market.