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Others on list may be in same situation and would like this info also. Have a good time in the Big Apple. [log in to unmask] > ---------- > From: Leo Fuhr[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Reply To: Parkinson's Information Exchange > Sent: Friday, June 05, 1998 10:35 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN > Subject: Are free drugs available for elderly PWP w/o insurance > for meds? > > I met a female pwp at a support group meeting yesterday who is very > concerned about how she'll afford the cost of the Mirapex prescription > her > dr. has started her on. She has only Medicare which she says doesn't > cover > the cost of drugs. I was concerned when she told me after all had > left > meeting area and we were visiting that when her two weeks of free > drugs > from her dr. are gone, she intends to just stop taking Mirapex because > another pwp had told the group her 3 month supply of Mirapex is $800 > retail, although that lady has insurance coverage for her meds. > > I told uninsured pwp I would check with list members about the 800#'s > or > addresses of ways to get free RX drugs that I think I've just deleted > in > the past because I have insurance for my meds. Please respond to me > off > list as I'm going on nomail beginning Mon. 6/8/98 through Sat. > 6/13/98. > Goodbye midwest, hello Broadway! I'll be back on list Sun. 6/14/98. > How's > the longrange weather forecast for NYC next week those of you in that > area? > > Thanks, > > Jeanette Fuhr 47/7mos. > <[log in to unmask]> >