My brother-in-law had the gastric bipass surgery instead of the 3 days planned, they had 'complications'. The doctors did all that they could do. And still are a year and a half later. The hospital where it was done is 240 miles away.
They own a small business that is failing fast with men depending on their jobs.
They have health insurance and insurance does pick up a huge amount but the remainder is astronomical.
I know they are not any more special than anyone else.. but with many prescriptions being between $400 -$900 for a couple day supply.
It's not humanly possible? Help? Where do we start for help?
Their business & family farm is their pride and accomplishment of everything they've worked for all of their lives. They did everything right. They were covered when they went in.
Is there anyone that will help?
2007-12-08 20:46:57 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Insurance
For one, contact the hospital social worker, they'll know the best place to start as how to get help. Secondly, for the prescriptions, contact the manufacturer of the pills. Glaxo-Smith-Kline for one has a reduced/free program for people who can't afford medicines, and several other companies do too.
Medicaid may be a temporary option, depending on income guidelines.
As for the distance, that may be something that is unavoidable, unless they happen to know someone who lives nearby, or if the hospital has a Hospitality House.
Good luck.
2007-12-08 20:56:58 · answer #1 · answered by LolaC☼ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The problem facing these folks is that they have high level assets. Even if the farm business is failing on its own, the raw land and other assets are valuable, and that most probably will prevent them from receiving most financial aid.
This is a complicated situation, and I can only recommend that they seek the qualified professional advice of both their business accountant as well as that of an attorney. They MAY have some ideas on how to protect the family assets in such a situation. However, in general, one is expected to divest assets to pay his/her bills before medical financial aids are offered.
As a note for future reference, gastric bypasses are not all they are cracked up to be, and it is not uncommon to have complications after the fact, albeit not as severe as what you indicate. The best method yet for weight control is diet modification, and that's all a gastric bypass forces one to do.
2007-12-08 21:54:18 · answer #2 · answered by acermill 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I may be able to help in one way or another. We have a prescription advocacy program that may be able to help? Pharmaceutical companies actually offer free meds to those who qualify, the thing it could take a great deal of work if you don't know what to do. The advocacy group knows exactly what to do & what is available, so they do all the work for you and you pay less than $100 a month for all of your prescriptions (assuming that they are on the list of meds available, there is actually about 1100 name brand drugs available) I personally have a lady who was spending in excess of $4,000 a month on her cancer meds and luckily all of her meds were on the list and she now pays $100/mo.
If you would like, we can talk and I can get some specifics from you, then see if it could help or not. Feel free to contact me through my profile page here on Answers.
2007-12-09 06:29:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are not going to like this, but the best answer is to sell the business for the money that is needed to pay the medical bills.
2007-12-09 06:22:57 · answer #4 · answered by StephenWeinstein 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
medicaid
2007-12-08 21:03:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋