Treatment with NO insurance

[MyDH]

My Dear Husband was diagnosed 3 years ago with HepC, had biopsy, with minimal damage, however, he has been advised to get treatment due to a situation with his probabtion officer- he is a recovering alcoholic.  We have been told Pegasus? can help because we have no health insurance.  Any advice, suggestions would be appreciated.  Thanks,

[orphanedhawk]

     You can get help with meds from both producers of interferon. You may also be eligible for charity care at private hospitals/universities but you'll have to check with ones in your area. Please do a search of this site as this topic has been covered here many times. You can also check www.hivandhepatitis.org
      www.hcvadvocate.org or www.janis7hepc.com for more information.

[meki]

Check at the pegasys site - awesome help - call them.

A lot of people have had assistance with them - and the other Brand name pegylated interferon alpha 2-a companies.

Good luck - and let us know how things progress.

Meki

[l-horn]

Pegasys is Roche and their patient assistance program is based on your assets rather than your income. I do not use pegasys so I don't know the details.

http://rxassist.org/pap-info/company_detail.cfm?CmpId=46

Schering ( Intron ) is based on income. Here is their site. There is a link for the application there as well.

http://www.sch-plough.com/schering_plough/pc/commitment_care.jsp