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Hepatitis C Main Forums => On Hepatitis C Treatment => Topic started by: Endless Summer on August 04, 2015, 11:57:12 am

Title: Suprised! Insurance company approved prescription 1st time!
Post by: Endless Summer on August 04, 2015, 11:57:12 am
Diagnosed Hepc positive in Nov 2014.  HCV count 225,800 as of March 2015.   METAVIR F0-F1. GT2.  I'm a 54 year old male.  No idea of when or how I was infected.

Last week I received a phone call from a specialty pharmacy to inform me that my prescription for SOLV + Riba had been approved -- felt better than Christmas! Insurance covering 100%.   

I had fully expected a rejection from the insurance company and then fight the appeal(s) battle.  I had even resigned to myself that I would likely have to pay for a significant portion of the $90K cost or live with the dragon for the foreseeable future.

Started 12 week treatment on Saturday; I'm on day 4 today.  No noticeable side effects.

Whooo whoooo! 



Title: Re: Suprised! Insurance company approved prescription 1st time!
Post by: Trish1 on August 04, 2015, 12:26:07 pm
Woo Hoo!   You are well on your way to your new life!!
Title: Re: Suprised! Insurance company approved prescription 1st time!
Post by: cazbyrd on August 04, 2015, 01:10:22 pm
Welcome Endless Summer...Congratulations on ur approval...I also was approved the 1st of July immediately through a specialty pharmacy for Solvadi/Ribavirin...However, I'm Genotype 3 so I was approved for 24 weeks...Good luck on your treatments...I will have my labs tomorrow so will know more then...
Title: Re: Suprised! Insurance company approved prescription 1st time!
Post by: Fightinghepc on August 04, 2015, 08:59:31 pm
Good for you man :)   :)
Awesome positive attitude
Keep it up