Originally Posted by katty

Hi,

I called the insurance company and requested an audit. They were not interested. I called the hospital and was told that I was lucky there was anywhere to go for this. I was also told they charge $20 for an aspirin.

I live in Santa Cruz, California. The costs are high here, but I know from the Elan website that the drug cost is less than $2500. The hospital charges $12,000 for that. They tell me this is because they have to cover the costs of other stuff they do at the hospital. I think that stinks.

I know someone who had a baby recently. It was a normal delivery. The hospital charged them $30,000. For now I'm going to calm down and be happy the insurance is willing to pay this outrageous bill.

Maybe I can convince the Neurologist to start doing the infusions at his office.

Katty

Originally Posted by katty

I guess my insurance company decided to check into matters after all. I got my second insurance statement today and they are only allowing about $5000 of the costs. The rest the hospital will have to eat.

The Tysabri really works. Too bad it's so hard for some people to get. I actually select the health insurance for my company so I made sure they cover Ty. There is only one doctor in the area who is prescribing the drug.

CHERYL: Please tell us how the Tovaxin trial is going. I hope it's as good as it sounds. Why don't you open a Tovaxin thread and keep us posted?

Katty