Humira & Medicare issues

For the past 37 years, I’ve been dealing with psoriatic arthritis. I am approaching 65 years old and found out that the med I take, Humira, a self-injection, is not covered through Medicare, which is evidently the case for all injectable medications. When I called my Humira ambassador, she told me that I could possibly be covered if I submitted my tax returns to the company’s foundation. Evidently, if I make less than $65,000, through its assistance program, Abbvie pays a portion of the thousands needed to pay for Humira. However ethically, I have a huge problem submitting my tax statements to anyone but my accountant. Plus, my income exceeds the limit. I am curious if anyone out there has had experience navigating this problem. It’s looking like I may have to switch medications to an infused version, despite doing very well with Humira for the past two years. From my perspective, it seems that Humira puts a lot of its money into its bureaucracy and advertisements, instead of reducing the drug’s cost, so people like me can afford it. Now I know why none of the people in the Humira ads look old!

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