Paxlovid not covered by my insurance: a workaround [View all]

After getting all the shots and the boosters, Covid bit me, very uncomfortable. My doctor called in a Paxlovid script for me. The drug store (CVS) told me the insurance denied my coverage. That'll be $1600 please.

Then someone else from the drug store got on the line and talked about a Pfizer program that could be of some help.

Googled "Pfizer patient assistance". The first thing in the list was titled Pfizer RxPathways, For Patients. It led me to a form, easy to fill out. Ten minutes later, it displayed something that looked like an insurance card. I called the pharmacy back, gave them that info, they said it was accepted and my co-pay would be zero.

I don't know what games are being played, or why I qualified (maybe because I'm on Medicare), but I got the pills and saved $1600. I felt so bad that I was thinking about just paying, to get the meds.

Supposedly, Phizer started a new policy this year.