AAFA Action Alert: Protect Your Health and Keep Access to Health Insurance
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Blog Post CommentI was wondering if there was a Canadian counter part to the AAFA?
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Blog Post CommentMaryrita - there isn't anything in Canada officially associated with AAFA. There are a few national Canadian organizations that do focus on asthma and allergies.
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Blog Post CommentMillions of uninsured Americans can get FREE bronze plans for 2019. If you or someone you love is uninsured: https://www.healthinsurance.or...ubsidies/#freebronze Open enrollment ends in most states THIS SATURDAY, although a few states have extended deadlines: https://www.healthinsurance.or...n-enrollment-period/ So if you haven't looked at your insurance options lately, now is the time to check and see if you're among the people who can get free coverage.
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Blog Post CommentNew apps may also help you find lower priced medicines: http://www.modernhealthcare.co...0/MAGAZINE/307309981
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Blog Post CommentI have been on Ventolin for 7 years due to smoke inhalation scaring my lungs. I am pron to bronchitis and this is what my doctor has put me on. This year we have been denied 3 times from CVS stating FDA ruling. We have tried proair and proventin and they do not produce the results the doctor wants. I will not pay for something that does not work just because the insurance company says so. I can not afford $50 for one inhaler when I was getting 3 every 4 months for $35. I will go with out and...
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Blog Post CommentHi donnamarie, Welcome to AAFA's asthma support community. It is very frustrating that your insurance isn't covering the medication that works for you. AAFA has a blog with some tips for what you can do if you can't afford your asthma medicine . I also invite you to join our asthma support forum where you can get ideas and support from other dealing with asthma.
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Blog Post Comment@donnamarie - have you tried albuterol in nebulized form? I know it's not as portable as an inhaler.
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Blog Post Comment@donnamarie How did the insurance appeal go?
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Blog Post CommentSo, if I fill out the form you send in a request to keep the AFA for me, with my information? No way! I didn't know the AAFA was a liberal site. I thought you were a neutral non-profit. I know more working people now without insurance because of the AFA. I now pay $1323.00 a month in premiums for a family of three. I used to pay half that. I personally hope and pray we find a better plan than the AFA. It's driving costs up and insurance companies out of business. The first year the US HAD...
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Blog Post CommentI'm so angry. This was the one safe place I could go the last seven months to get away from politics and here it is.... inevitable I assume.
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Blog Post Comment❤️Thank you so much for sending out this information. It will help many people.
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Blog Post CommentI get allergy shots to help prevent my asthma from triggering . But my allergy/asthma Dr is closed right now . So how do I get my shot On Fri, Mar 20, 2020 at 1:54 PM Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America < support@aafa.org> wrote:
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Blog Post CommentHi Mehgan! Welcome to the AAFA forums! If their office is closed, can you email them and express your concerns? I know for us, many appts and procedures that we had scheduled have been canceled.
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Blog Post Comment😢Good informationbinformation, I live in Illinois and the Dermatology office has been closed for the last few weeks.my daughter has already missed 2 Dupixen shots.
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Blog Post CommentHi Maria, welcome to the AAFA forums. I am sorry to hear that your daughter has missed her last two Dupixent shots. How is your daughter doing?
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Blog Post CommentAs of April 6, 2020, we have updated this blog post to include the District of Columbia, Minnesota and Vermont.
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Blog Post CommentWe updated this blog post on July 20, 2020, to reflect which states have ended or extended their open enrollment periods. We also added more COVID-19 resources.
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Blog Post CommentThank you for posting this information. I hope it is helpful to many people!
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Blog Post Comment💯This is an excellent topic. I would like for all of us to be protected.
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Blog Post Comment💯Absolutely Deborah!
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Blog Post CommentThis article is really amazing. Your health insurance guide for asthma and allergies for 2021 is fantastic for me. This information will be helpful for me. Because health insurance helps pay for medical services and sometimes prescription drugs.
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Blog Post CommentThere are several ways to apply for and enroll in 2021 Marketplace health coverage .
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SurveyMy insurance coverage hasn't changedI've lost my health insurance because I lost my job or my hours were reduced and have not gotten other coverageI lost my health insurance coverage because I can't afford to pay the premiumsI've lost my health insurance because I lost my job or my hours were reduced but kept my health insurance coverage through COBRAI've been furloughed from my job, but my employer has maintained my health insurance coverageI lost my health insurance coverage but am still covered under my spouse's planI lost my health insurance coverage but am being covered under my parents planI lost my health insurance coverage and signed up through my state's special open enrollment
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Blog Post CommentThank you for posting this!! 😊
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Blog Post CommentSo is this 4pm CA time as well? Looking to see when I need to log in?
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Blog Post CommentHi @Lhburks207 , Yes, it begins at 4 pm Pacific time on Thursday. Thank you for joining!
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Blog Post Comment👍Thank you for this summary. Such important initiatives to Champion! Pets/ESA/manipulative use of animal in public use business spaces by the public and animal owners in AIRLINERS (especially closed spaces) and event store/shop/retail/restaurant space businesses. Has been long, long, overdue. This has been extremely harmful for the disability population as we have seen. An application of service animal needed to be made OR ENFORCED. By large business associations and large companies, only way...
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Blog Post CommentWe agree with you, lori 1022. The problem spans all aspects of life: education, housing, work, transportation, medical care, recreation and basic activities of daily living. We need laws to protect people who are allergic and/or anxious, as there is direct discrimination even in the laws that are written. People are taking their dogs everywhere, because first the legal system allowed them to, and then it became socially acceptable. The media has become an enormous partner in the problem,...
