WashingtonA patient’s compassionate-use program closed the day his drug won approval.
Insurance coverage can lag weeks behind approval, a gap patients with months to live cannot absorb.
A billing code, a formulary listing and a payer decision each run on a separate clock before insurers will pay.
His family crowdfunded and raised a credit limit to cover one week’s dose.
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Sources: STAT