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| Jessica Thomas, here with her son, says she is concerned about how much she will have to pay for Tecfidera to treat her multiple sclerosis. |
“I’m nervous,” said Jessica Thomas who takes Tecfidera to treat her multiple sclerosis. At the top of her mind is how much she will have to pay for Tecfidera, which costs more than $4,000 a month. “I think that’s the hard thing right now is that it’s the unknown, deciding what the financial cost will be,” she said.
Ms. Thomas, 34, has been enrolled for two years in a program for people with expensive medical conditions that is run by North
Carolina. But that program is ending in December, and she must select a new plan in the state marketplace.
For many Americans, these changes will mean that a diagnosis no longer means choosing between facing bankruptcy or ignoring care,” said Erin Shields Britt, a spokeswoman for the Department of Health and Human Services.
