My Nonprofit Reviews

The PAN Foundation is the only avenue we have to continue the specific medication that works for my husband's Parkinson's. Most people don't know that the pharmaceutical copay cards work only for commercial insurance. When you become Medicare and what might be $0/month with insurance and copay card while employed, often becomes $500+/month because your Medicare doesn't cover it, or it is a Tier 4 or 5. It can absolutely exclude you from a medication you need. My husband was going to discontinue the medication that made a dramatic improvement (due to cost) when I was referred to the PAN Foundation. It is our lifesaver. Thank you to everyone who is able to donate to make this possible.

I'm writing this for my husband, as he is no longer able to use the computer from Parkinsons. When he was prescribed the Rytary, we found out just how expensive it is, even with Medicare Part D and our Advantage program. The free trial sample from the doctor's office worked wonders and held his symptoms back like magic. It is an extended release version of the carbidopa/levodopa But we couldn't afford it.

No one anywhere has any answers why the pharmaceutical Co-Pay cards that are so widely advertised to bring your out of pocket expense for any of the new meds to $0, $5, or $10/month do NOT apply if you're on Medicare. That is really absurd. Because of that, there are medications we simply have to do without because there are no generics. In other cases, the generics have been out for 50+ years and the side effects are prohibitive. Rytary does have a copay assistance program, but it only kicks in if your Medicare prescription copay is more than $300/month for it. Ours is $299. We cannot afford that on top of all the other medical. I had researched everything online and almost given up when Rytary people told me about PAN Foundation.

I cannot begin to tell you how PAN Foundation has saved our lives. Without this medication, my husband's condition would be far more advanced. Without PAN Foundation we could not have this medication. It's just that simple. His quality of life is improved and therefore my quality of life is improved as his full time caretaker. Everything about working with the Foundation is so professional and do-able. I don't know what I would do without your assistance and thank you every time I fill his pill organizer. Blessings and much gratitude.