The Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center of Nevada
2020 W. Palomino Lane Suite 110
Las Vegas, Nevada 89106
702-385-2702
since May 5, 2008
Last updated May 5, 2008
webmaster RIS
The Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center of Nevada 2020 W. Palomino Lane Suite 110 Las Vegas, Nevada 89106 702-385-2702
since May 5, 2008 Last updated May 5, 2008 webmaster RIS
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The following lobby letter was proposed by the HART Board To find your elected officials log on to www.leg.state.nv.us The more support we receive from our elected officials, the better care for all affected persons in the years to come. Please help to support this effort. For your convenience, this page has also been stored as a pdf file so that it may be downloaded and printed for mailing. To download as pdf please select the link below. I
write to you, as one of your constituents, to remind you of the desperate needs
of many patients who cannot afford their co-pay for prescription medications,
blood-products, or other life-savings necessities. We
need help from all levels of government (local, state, and national) to, in some
way, make available a means of coverage, whether catastrophic or
otherwise, to assist with the co-payment for needed prescriptions, infusions,
chemo-therapy, X-ray services, etc. Those people who are now lost between
Medicaid and complete, private insurance-coverage are often unable to receive
desperately needed treatment because they can’t afford the co-pay. An
essential part of good medical treatment is often unavailable as a result of the
mandatory 20% co-pay in insurance policies. Those disabled and elderly people
who have Medicare insurance do not have drug-coverage through Medicare, and
others who are still working have large co-pays. The results, often, are that
the prescribed medications aren’t taken, or are taken at a reduced level when
choices are made between medications and other necessities. It's
time for more complete drug coverage and with that coverage, perhaps there will
be more leverage with which we can negotiate better prices. We have reached a
point where medications have been priced beyond the reach of the average
American. Expensive co-pays are an impediment to necessary treatment for many
patients, especially in the genetically handicapped communities such as
hemophilia and von Willebrand disease. I
hope we can count on your support.
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