I've written about Access to Healthcare Network before on my blog, but I have more to write about.
Truly, if you are someone who does not have insurance this is the plan for you. There are income guidelines and a few other qualifications to meet, but man, I'm telling ya....it has saved our hineys.
Last Friday during my chemotherapy infusion I got a call from my Care Coordinator, let's call her Nancy. She was calling to offer me the $2,000 grant she secured from the Susan G Komen Foundation towards my treatment. I about fell out of the chemo chair. What insurance company would call you with that information? "Lisa, we know you've been worried about paying for your treatment so we went ahead and secured this grant for you."
I was thinking that I start the icky round of chemotherapy on March 18 (Not that this has been a party, but the worse one is next) so I would use some of that grant to pay for that next round. Well, I also found out that since there is no break in the treatment, I go from the weekly to the every-three-weeks-treatment with no break, and since I've already paid up to the cap on my chemotherapy, I DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR THE NEXT SET!!! This means that grant money can be used for the weekly doctor appointments or the upcoming surgery or radiation. Wow.
We also had to start with a new Primary Care Physician since ours retired in October and he wasn't on the list anyway. He did recommend a doctor who was on the list with Access to Healthcare, so we decided to go ahead with the new doctor. My husband saw him on Monday. And Access to Healthcare has funding to pay for the first appointment with the new doctor so that was $60 we didn't have to come up with.
In the mail yesterday we got a little postcard. The front says, "Nothing says I Love You like a free colon screening" hahahaha. On the back it tells me that Access to Healthcare has received grant funding to offer me or a loved on a free colon screening. Well, Happy Valentine's Day, honey. You can be the loved one!!
Keep the Faith.
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