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I'm not especially familiar with the structure of the US health insurance system, but I think that the lower costs mentioned on the page you linked largely depe
by cnewey 9y ago
I'm not especially familiar with the structure of the US health insurance system, but I think that the lower costs mentioned on the page you linked largely depends on either receipt of considerable amounts of state aid, or having pretty high-quality insurance.
Certainly, if you were to flick through various forums for those with Crohn's disease (e.g. [1]), you'd find many stories of people paying hundreds (or even thousands) of dollars for a month's Humira treatment.
[1]: https://www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=38&m=2272681 https://www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=38&m=22...
- maxerickson 9y agoUnder current law (the ACA), the maximum annual payment would be $7,350 (on top of monthly insurance premiums). That's for the lowest benefit, qualifying ACA plans and assuming the prescription is covered. The "cash" price is ~$4000 a month (https://www.goodrx.com/humira https://www.goodrx.com/humira ) so even the lowest benefit plans are kicking in quite a bit of support (but probably also negotiating the price down quite a bit).