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Lung Cancer | Last Active: Nov 1, 2023 | Replies (111)Comment receiving replies
Hi April,
I've been on Tagrisso for almost three years. Each daily pill costs $512 with insurance, or about $15,000/month. All of these new medicines cost around the same.
My Oncologist has a Social Worker who is highly skilled in working with the manufacturer, AstraZeneca in my case, to arrange a lower cost. We had to pay $2,000 one month, but have not paid anything other than that. I recommend checking with your Oncologist to see if they have a similar person in their office. Oncologists know the average person can't afford these drugs.
I hope everything works out for you.
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Matthew are you on private insurance? I know when I was working, I had employer insurance and was able to take advantage of pharmaceutical company rebates for my very expensive RA biologics. When I went on Medicare I was no longer elegible for that. Fortunately, I needed to change biologic anyway so was able to start one that was administered in a doctor’s office and covered by part B. That all goes back to a legislative block on Medicare negotiating with Pharmaceutical companies.