Cornerstone4Care program - patient without insurance

Hi -

I participate on the lab side of this board, so I figured maybe I'd be able to get some help for a friend from our friends in the pharma business.

I have a buddy who has been recently diagnosed with Diabetes and prescribed NovoPen for mealtime doses. He does not have insurance. After looking around, the only discount plan we could find for him (Cornerstone4Care) requires it. Is there any behind the scenes places that we might be able to look to get him on this or another assistance plan?

Thank you so much!

 

yes. your doctor's office. samples.

 

Google Novo Nordisk Patient assistance program. How does he not have insurance? Thought you have to have insurance these days.

 

Another hand out. They all contact us for free goods. Yes, where is the insurance?!

 

Don't listen to the cynical attitudes on this board... have your friend go to needymeds.org

 

No, you don't have to have insurance. There are still several dozens of millions of uninsured in the US.

 

That's not what I said - I said you "had to have" insurance - meaning, by law. The fact he doesn't and expects others to supply him with what he needs is what is wrong with society today. If he had low income, he would qualify for any number of subsidies or expanded Medicaid. If he was rejected from all of these, he could apply for patient assistance. There's no reason, other than not wanting to pay for something, that he shouldn't be able to get some form of coverage. Does he drive without car insurance too?

 

really? OP... just go to your doctor's office. if they are out of the NovoLog pen sample - which I can't imagine they would be - they will have two other pen branded substitutes on the shelf to give you that will last the same month or two... don't forget to ask for some pen needles!

 

OP, may I frank? We're taught not to pay any attention to docs with high % of Medicaid or uninsured patients. I live an a market with a lot of patients without private insurance, and a high percentage of Medicaid. If I had a dollar for every time my DBM or RBD makes inappropriate and negative comments about the poor or uninsured in my area, I'd have two good seats at today's big game.

 

(OP Response)

Thank you SO MUCH for the needymeds.org recommendation. He is getting set up right now.

Whomever recommended it - know that you have made a very hard life a little better.