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Will MS Break Your Family Budget?

Mandy Crest
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Wednesday, July 02, 2008
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The state of the economy is front and center in virtually every newspaper and newscast. The mortgage meltdown, stock market troubles, job losses, and increasing costs of everything from food to fuel are impossible to ignore. These are trying times for the family finances. Health care is a major budge...
  1. Minimal Cost of a Relapse
    Lisa Emrich
    Wednesday, July 02, 2008 at 10:49 AM

    Hi Mandy,

     

    You might recall that I was discussing the cost of a MS relapse back in March.  Well, I finally received the last of the related EOBs on Friday.   I decided to share  that  information  in  <a href="http://brassandivory.blogspot.com/2008/06/ms-relapse-is-not-so-inexpensive.html">The MS Relapse is not so Inexpensive</a>.  Although my insurance does not cover my daily injectible MS medication which cost upwards of $24,000 each year, I suppose I got off easy with only owing $700 of the $6000 allowed costs for one 5-day round of IVSM, three doctors  visits, and one round of brain/cervical MRIs.  Multiple sclerosis is responsible for the largest expenses in my annual budget review.

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    re: Minimal Cost of a Relapse
    Lisa Emrich
    Wednesday, July 02, 2008 at 10:52 AM

    Sorry, perhaps I should just type the direct link to the blogpost.

     

    http://brassandivory.blogspot.com/2008/06/ms-relapse-is-not-so-inexpensive.html

     

    Tongue out   Lisa

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    re: re: Minimal Cost of a Relapse
    Mandy Crest
    Wednesday, July 02, 2008 at 03:38 PM

    Lisa,

     

    I also LOVED your post last January, "The value of money or the value of health - What do you see?"

     

    A picture IS worth a thousand words.

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