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Greetings from Australia. My brother has MS and gets a monthly infusion of Tysabri. All he does is show his Medicare card and it doesn't cost him anything.
by dools 2y ago
Greetings from Australia. My brother has MS and gets a monthly infusion of Tysabri. All he does is show his Medicare card and it doesn't cost him anything.
- didacticBuffalo 2y agoI looked at leaving the US years ago. Australia was on my short list after spending some time in Melbourne. Alas MS is one of those things that makes immigration harder nearly everywhere because it "puts an undue burden on the health system". Never found a way around that aside from maybe marrying a local; it's been a while. Glad he's getting the treatment he needs!! Drugs have made incredible advances in the last decade.
- dools 2y agoYeah that's a bummer :( And yes drugs have made incredible advances -- my aunt (and hence my brother's aunt) had MS and her life was ruined by it. Pretty amazing to see something advance that quickly with such a stark difference in outcomes between 2 of my own family members. When my brother told me it was relatively benign given they caught it early and he had access to treatment I was like "I read 10 books for the MS Readathon in Year 1... You're welcome!"
- beachy 2y agoMy brother lives over the ditch in Australia. He developed very serious metastasised melanoma. He was prescribed a very new drug which has worked brilliantly and saved his life. The first time he left the pharmacy with his monthly prescription, the pharmacist told him to take care, because the pills he'd given him cost more than $20k. For a months supply. The cost to him - absolutely nothing.
- MadnessASAP 2y agoI had to pay for parking once at a hospital in Canada, I thought that was outrageous and parked down the street at free parking in protest.