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New JAMA Article Recommends Personal Drug Importation To Help American Patients Afford Prescription Drugs

Policy Prescription

Overall, the article addresses how to help people with private, government, or no health insurance. Drug manufacturer co-pay coupons help lower out-of-pocket costs for privately insured patients by paying for some or all of the co-payment on expensive brand-name drugs. The strategies offered are summarized below.

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Financial assistance for hearing aids

The Checkup by Singlecare

The FDA has approved these devices for mild to moderate hearing loss. Financial assistance for hearing aids There are several ways to make hearing aids more affordable, including insurance coverage, nonprofit organizations, and discount programs. Workers’ compensation insurance may cover work-related hearing loss.

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STAT+: Foundation charges cancer patients $83,000 for unproven but promising experimental drug

STAT

She doesn’t know if the injections are working yet, she says, but feels fortunate to be able to afford the treatment, which isn’t covered by health insurance because it hasn’t been approved. And a little guilty.     “I’m privileged because I have the money to pay for it,” she said.