Pfizer offers drugs to those that have lost their jobs
Pfizer has created a program for those that have lost their jobs and health insurance to access medications for free. The program allows these individuals to continue their regimen for up to a year to allow the patient to get back to work and insurance. Over 70 Pfizer medications are covered by this plan, including Lipitor and Viagra, at no cost to the patient regardless of prior income. The only stipulation is that the patient must have been using the medications for at least three months if they are to be covered. The company has said that they don’t know how much the program will cost but they do not plan to put a cap on it for the next year. After this point the company expects the economy to improve and that most of the people utilizing the program will be gainfully employed at that point. For more information on how the program works please go to this website.
Fore those on Pfizer medications including Lyrica this is fantastic news. Many of these branded medications are not yet available as a generic and are extremely expensive. A prescription of Lyrica alone can push you into the doughnut hole, forcing you to pay the next $4,300 out of your own pocked at which point catastrophic care from Medicare kicks in. That is assuming that you have deep pockets and can afford an additional $4000 on top of all your other bills like the mortgage, car payment, and somehow putting food on the table. Hopefully other pharmaceutical companies will follow along and help those that have lost their jobs or are on a fixed income to pay for their pills. Sure there are "programs" that supposedly help you pay for drugs, but they are just a front for agents that are told to say no 99% of the time. Every time you call one of these other drug programs (Like the ones from Purdue Pharmaceutical) expect lots of red tape and months of hair pulling just so you can be told no one will help you. For the MS and spinal cord patients with chronic pain, we recommend quickly signing up for this program and get a signed document explaining how it works and for how long in case they "forget" and suddenly cut off the program. We all know that these programs can disappear even faster than they appear.
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