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Posted by Enigma on April 14, 2006, at 13:32:20
I just called today, and it turns out than Anthem, BS/BS HMO Blue New England WILL be covering EMSAM, $30 co-pay for 31 day supply.
I'm sure other insurance companies will be doing the same, if they haven't already.
As depressed as I am at the moment, I still have to say I'm very "happy" about this.
MAOI's are the *only* meds that have ever been effective for my atypical treatment resistant depression. I was on Parnate and couldn't tolerate the side-effects, and Nardil as well, same story, but less side-effects. I'm hoping EMSAM will help me, as I'm fairly hopeless right now.
Take care.
Posted by Racer on April 14, 2006, at 14:42:30
In reply to EMSAM is COVERED by HMO Blue New England!!!, posted by Enigma on April 14, 2006, at 13:32:20
Posted by tygereyes on April 15, 2006, at 12:32:22
In reply to EMSAM is COVERED by HMO Blue New England!!!, posted by Enigma on April 14, 2006, at 13:32:20
... but at $50 for a month's supply because it is a "non-preferred prescription."
Posted by tom_p on April 16, 2006, at 23:30:03
In reply to EMSAM is COVERED by HMO Blue New England!!!, posted by Enigma on April 14, 2006, at 13:32:20
I called Asuris NW Health and my RX plan will cover Emsam with only a $40 co-pay.
Now I just have to decide if I want to risk going off my other meds (see my new thread below) before starting Emsam.
Tom
Posted by SFY on April 22, 2006, at 16:06:42
In reply to Asuris NW Health is covering Emsam, posted by tom_p on April 16, 2006, at 23:30:03
I just checked the drug pricing page on Aetna.com and for my individual HMO policy, they're covering Emsam with a non-preferred brand copay of $35/month or $70 for 3 months by mail order. No precertification or step-therapy requirements either.
If my Requip experiment doesn't start showing some results, then it looks like I'm headed to Emsam.
This is the end of the thread.
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