perado dez

the reason i was asking about who called the hotline is that the new hippa
laws passed in april of this year now prohibits discussing a lot of things
with anyone other than the patient. we run into this a lot where Strelsa
will call people for me and i end up having to talk to them instead. they
will discuss some things about me with her, but only in vague generalities.

Bill Keller was a name someone here gave me who had lived in philly up until
last year. he had a similar situation as and his staff helped him he said.

the biggest cost in the tx is the meds. have Katy call Schering's Patient
Assistance Program at 1-800-656-9485. she may qualify for help from them.
supposedly, roche has a similar program, but i'm still waiting for the info
on that. maybe someone here knows their number. http://www.pafp.com/HepC/

one last thought i had. if all else fails, tell Katy to tell whoever trys to
turn her away from getting help, if they don't cease and desist the ****
rententive behavior towards her, heppers from all over the world are going
to descend on their office and throw a huge riba raging fit right on their
shiny buerocratic desk. i know can't think of anything else i'd rather do
:-)

Dez

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Mom,
Is she living near Lancaster?
Fonzz

mom

Yes, not too far from Lancaster at all.
Mom

szozu

The hotline also told me

Once when I had just moved back to the States and didn't yet have a job or
much in the way of money, I found a hospital that did this and the cost WAS
very low. Unfortunately, I had to wait around a lot and ended up seeing a
different team of doctors every time I went. They also had an intern perform
a very painful procedure on me without anaesthetic, so buyer beware!

Lana

firestar

Mom,
If the facility is a designated "Federal Health Center" they have to offer
the sliding scale service. The scale provides discounts from 10-100%
according to income. You see the same doctors as anyone else using that
practice.
Thom


I

don't

Mom
My 85 year old father is a retired medical person in L-caster ....
He knows everybody, but it sounds like you are pointing in the right
direction .

Good luck,

fonzz