Insurance and disability issues
This topic is the place to discuss experiences and issues around access to health care, including private insurance and disability insurance challenges, tips for navigating the health care landscape and resources on getting health care.
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Help! I really have no choice except to apply for SS Disability
- By AnniePPP · New reply May 14, 2013
- 25 replies
- I've only been diagnosed w/ Palmoplantar Pustulosis (PPP) since Nov 2012 (my feet are really the problem though I also have on my hands of course), & I have been to the Derms, tried every steriod/moisterisor/cream ...
Social Security Physical Exam
- By hmsinclair · New reply May 12, 2013
- 36 replies
- I have my appointment on Friday. Any advice for me to help this appointment be as useful as possible in getting my SS approved? I'm not asking for ways to work the system. I just want to be sure that ...
how to know whether psoriasis is covered under my insurance. please help
- By lax-canada · Posted May 12, 2013
- 0 replies
- Hi guys,.. iam new to canada ,.. having p from 5 yrs., i relocated from india recently,..i ve applied for O-hip last week, n came to know dat i ve to apply for sunlife insurance here which will b provided ...
Insurance advice? Stelara denied.
- By GrandMoffTarkin · New reply May 9, 2013
- 8 replies
- Hi all, After many years of wishing and hoping, I finally got an approval from my insurance to start Stelara. I ordered my first injection, made an appointment, and a few hours later, got a call from ...
phototherapy VS Photochemotherapy
- By partybonkers · New reply April 28, 2013
- 10 replies
- Hi all, I have a question I had what I thought was UVB Light Therapy, This Is what I remember it being called in England, Or Photo-therapy, Although my medical provider has billed it as Photochemotherapy ...
Test study for the un-insured (in the US)
- By Mundi · New reply April 27, 2013
- 3 replies
- Hey guys... I am not insured. With P this is a big problem, especially when I went from mild to severe. So, I found a way to get treatment for free! (actually at the end of each year they pay me ...
Health Insurance declined b/c of Humira
- By Rashomon · New reply April 11, 2013
- 10 replies
- I have just been declined for health insurance (in California) NOT because of the cost of Humira, but because of the side effects risk. In other words, even if I had free Humira, Cigna won't cover me ...
UVB
- By partybonkers · New reply April 8, 2013
- 6 replies
- Hi All Ok I am new here in America, (Ohio) moved over from England in October to live with my wife. I am covered at the moment by my wife's insurance as it is better than the one offered by my work. In ...
Can't get insurance because I'm on Enbrel.
- By Prudence57 · New reply April 8, 2013
- 10 replies
- Hi everyone. It's good to know that there are others like me suffering from Psoriasis. I was diagnosed with it 15 years ago. I know no one else who has it and most people think that it's like having bad ...
STD/LTD pre exisiting condition clause
- By giggles407 · New reply March 10, 2013
- 4 replies
- Hello everyone, Just a heads up, still trying to get a better understanding, but while I am fighting for my STD/LTD, I was told if I had taken my medication that I am being treated for, while I was on ...
FREE Precription help that is great! Saved me $37 on one script!
- By TammySue63 · New reply March 9, 2013
- 4 replies
- Hey everyone, I thought I would share this! I just got my MXT filled and it should of been $63, but it was only 27! It is free and anyone can use it. The pharmacist told me that some people use it instead ...
Palmopustular psoriasis hands feet
- By Stpaulkat · Posted March 8, 2013
- 0 replies
- I am going on my fourth year of lesions. First they attacked my hands and have been feet last 2,+. Years my pain dr wanted to do injections in my back, the only reason myb spine hurts is i cannot walk ...
Looking for an Insurance Company/Help with Medical Bills
- By dmt8 · New reply February 25, 2013
- 1 reply
- I am looking for a new insurance company that pays out better than what I have. I had Blue Cross, Blue Shield in the '90's till about 2003. When I had BCBS, they were great for the MRI I had to have early ...
Pustular psoriasis
- By Drezzen · New reply February 24, 2013
- 13 replies
- Hello, I have been reading the boards here for a while but this is my first post. I was diagnosed with ppp 1 and half years ago, so I am really new to this. I visited a few different doctors that didn't ...
Best Insurance Provider for Psoriasis & Psoriatic Arthritis?
- By kayjills · New reply February 23, 2013
- 3 replies
- Hello All! I joined this community because I have to choose an insurance provider after starting a new job. My choices are United Health Care and Aetna. All of the costs for all of the plan options are ...
Canadians?
- By mexico2013 · Posted February 20, 2013
- 0 replies
- Just wondering if there are any canadians on this site that have dealt with disability issues with Pustular Psoriasis. Sorry don't mean to single out countries, however US disabilty issues and rules are ...
Diagnosis-Based Assistance
- By Reruho · Posted February 13, 2013
- 0 replies
- I receive the NeedyMeds newsletter. NeedyMeds is a 501(c)(3) non-profit information resource devoted to helping people in need find assistance programs to help them afford their medications and costs ...
PPP and PA
- By PPPsevere · New reply February 3, 2013
- 8 replies
- Has any of you applied for SSDI or SSI? Were you appoved. Just wondering? Have a non itchy day ...
Psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis patients spend thousands on health care
- By PsoriasisFoundation · Posted January 31, 2013
- 0 replies
- Even with insurance, people with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis spend thousands of dollars in out-of-pocket costs per year on their disease, according to a study by University of California, Davis ...
Does United Healthcare ever cover NB-UVB Home units?
- By Ambylou · New reply January 18, 2013
- 8 replies
- Hello Everyone! I am new to this site :) I had no idea there was such a wonderful online community to join and learn about treatment options for my P ! So first, let me say, "Thank you". I'm blessed to ...
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