My husband was diagnosed with a rare form of dedifferentiated metastasized sarcoma, he has a tumor behind his heart the size of a grapefruit, and another tumor under his chin. His doctor referred him for a clinical study that has two groups. Group one is taking Ibrance, and group two takes Ibrance and an infusion of another drug together. My husband was placed in group one, and we assumed since it is a clinical trial, the Ibrance would be covered.
Upon picking up the Ibrance, we were told his copay is $1,700 and we were shocked. The pharmacist let us take it home and we have six weeks to pay for it after putting $200 down. Our insurance requires we pay $4,000 or so to hit our deductible before it will cover everything. If we cannot afford to stay in the trial, he will be offered standard of care chemo, and his odds of survival will go down dramatically. Ibrance has a 55% rate of improvement whereas standard chemo has only a 29% rate. The doctor told us that the standard chemo would extend his life by “months but not a year”.
Please help us pay for his prescription and if you cannot help us financially, please pray for him. I am the only one taking care of him and I am working full time just to cover the rate hike from PG&E, the car payments, insurance, mortgage, etc., we have nobody to help us. The prices of cancer treatments should be accessible to all, it should be illegal to charge so much for life saving drugs.
Please help me keep my husband around a little longer and I wish you love, peace, and blessings of abundance. Thank you for taking the time to read this.
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