Private insurance gaps: some people have private insurance but medication is not covered. Manufacturer assistance programmes are the main resource for cost reduction.
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Canadian access and provincial variation
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t.kulkarni, post #17: Everything in post #13 holds. The case it does not cover is the one I have. Adding a small correction to the canadian access and provincial variation summary above rather than a disagreement with it. The substance holds; one of the figures is out by a factor that matters. Go to post
Regional variation in North America: access differs substantially by US state and Canadian province. Postcode is a major determinant of access.
Two sentences on canadian access and provincial variation and then I will stop, because the rest is speculation and the thread is better without mine.
What is documented is narrow. What is inferred from it is broad. The gap between them is where every argument here lives.
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j.solberg, post #9: I disagree with the framing of canadian access and provincial variation above, and I think it is a substantive disagreement rather than a terminological one. Setting out why, so it can be checked. The reasoning depends on an assumption that is doing a lot of work and is never stated. If the assumption holds, the conclusion follows. I do… Go to post
Prior authorisation criteria are usually published by the payer and reading them before the appointment changes the outcome more than anything else does.
Everything in post #36 holds. The case it does not cover is the one I have.
Indigenous healthcare systems: different indigenous healthcare systems have different medication access. Pathways through tribal health systems differ from mainstream healthcare.
Not the answer, but possibly the question that gets there.
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a.ilunga, post #20: Regional variation in North America: access differs substantially by US state and Canadian province. Postcode is a major determinant of access. Go to post
The public assessment documents published at approval are free, detailed and largely unread here.
I would want a second opinion before relying on that.
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