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How does this works over there in US? Government or private insurance covers it?
by quickben 9y ago
How does this works over there in US? Government or private insurance covers it?
- comex 9y agoPrivate insurance, unless you're on Medicare.
- maxerickson 9y agoMedicaid may cover it and the company is providing it at no charge to people that are uninsured and meet some other requirements (http://web.alsa.org/site/PageNavigator/alsa_radicava_faq.html http://web.alsa.org/site/PageNavigator/alsa_radicava_faq.htm... )
- afarrell 9y agoHow much paperwork does it take to prove you meet those requirements and what is the cognitive/time cost of that paperwork? Gentoo is free-as-in-speech, but way way too expensive for most people. Given that the US healthcare system is bewildering even to middle-class people who have relatives that work in healthcare, the cognitive costs of something like this might be considerable.
- maxerickson 9y agoSo what's your point? I was speaking to there being other potential mechanisms to obtain the drug, not glorifying the US health system.
- afarrell 9y agoTo tell the person asking "How does this works in the US?" That even if there theoretically are means to obtain the drug for the uninsured, it might be practically out-of-reach.
- Scoundreller 9y agoWikipedia suggests it's very expensive, but the molecule looks simple enough. I imagine there would be a prominent gray-market of nootraceuticals in no time.