Diabetes Patient Assistance Programs A Comprehensive Guide
“I would say at least half of my patients are affected by the cost of insulin,” says Diana Isaacs, PharmD, CDCES, a clinical pharmacy specialist at the Cleveland Clinic Diabetes Center in Ohio, who also is a spokesperson for the Association of Diabetes Care and Education Specialists. She sees a wide variety of people using PAPs. “They can range from a person with Medicare who just has to pay a lot or is in the [Part D coverage gap] doughnut hole; to the person who just lost their insurance; to a person who has commercial insurance and has an employer, but is going to the pharmacy and getting stuck with really high copays,” she says....