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Lisa Emrich

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posted 07/29/2009, comments (11)

Living With Multiple Sclerosis: The Cost of Chronic Illness

With the ongoing debate on ways to reform health care, I've been thinking about the routine medical care I receive in a typical year. However, living with multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis, it is not always easy to know if a particular year is going to be "typical" or not. So I examined exactly what health care services I... Read more Chevron

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posted 07/06/2009, comment (1)

Financial Assistance for Other MS-Related Needs

In my last post, I provided a list of places that may be able to help you with financial assistance for your MS medications. But these are not the only costs associated with MS. In addition to pharmaceutical assistance, there are programs available to address other needs as well. The primary organizations which offer assistance specific for... Read more Chevron

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posted 06/23/2009, comments (2)

Financial Assistance for Your Multiple Sclerosis Medications

When it comes to finding financial assistance in paying for expensive medications, the process is not often an easy one. Many of the pharmaceutical companies which produce drugs specific for the treatment of multiple sclerosis make available financial assistance to patients in need. This is for the benefit of the patient but also for... Read more Chevron

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posted 09/02/2008, comments (11)

Health Insurance Coverage Protects from Catastrophic Health Costs (!?!)

So someone asks me, “What’s the hardest part of living with multiple sclerosis, Lisa?” I would have to answer INSURANCE!!! “Really? Not the blindness, not the numbness or persistent tingling, not even the weakness or lack of coordination, or the overwhelming... Read more Chevron

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posted 04/17/2008, comments (4)

Some more information on the drugs

Help for the cost of medicine. Lets face it, treating MS, and for that matter, any disease is not a cheap thing. And many people describe me as being cheap (I prefer thrifty) so paying for these medicines "hurts" me especially when it changes cost after I made my FSA election. But in reality, it isn't that bad because we have... Read more Chevron

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