posted March 28, 2013 04:10 PM            

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Originally posted by mockingbird:
YTA - Could that have anything to do with your existing connections?

From what I've seen, those measures wouldn't get rolled out for most.

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No. Apart from Citigroup, which was my employer, I had no such connections. It's called having chutzpah and not giving a cr4pp0la of who is who or what is what.

Even then, my wife picked up the phone and called Citigroup HR and got connected with the Vice Chairman, who donated his personal executive jet and flew on someone else's jet for that one week.

And Pfizer and/or Mercx would really love front page NY Slimes or Washington ComPost headlines about big Pharma being heartless while families suffer without expensive medicine, would they?

If I were in NYC, I would call up Chuckie Schmuckie Cheesy Schumer and it isn't as though the esteemed Senator would like to give two sh1ts, but wouldn't the newsies love a breaking story about heartless politicians.

I play the blackmail game really well.

posted March 28, 2013 06:25 PM            

Sanofi Aventis is based in Geneva, Switzerland. However, Sanofi US is based in Bridgewater, New Jersey.

As a Swiss company, they have a huge social responsibility program and their corporate image is based on community development.

Here are the entire links for the US patient assistance program for families in need. Their programs are need based and background blind.

You can get medicine at no cost.
http://m.sanofi.us/mt/www.sanofi.us/l/us/en/layout.jsp?scat=575E1608-E3EA-40F4 -AC7D-CE1EFAE46B0E

Hang on. I'll get you a phone number. I'll get you a contact person.

Edit: call (800) 981-2491 during business hours EST. ask for Community Development. I'll find names and direct phone numbers.

And if they don't respond, I'll call the US subsidiary President and they will get their azzes kicked.

Edit 2: call (800) 221-4025. Screw the general assistance number I gave you. This is a direct line. This link has 100% relevant info. Let me find a name. Be back in another few.

http://www.uaw862.org/PT%20Assistance%202010%20form.pdf

Edit 3: Gregory Irace, Senior Vice President, Global Services, Sanofi US, Head of all Corporate Affairs.
Anne Whitaker, President, North American Pharmaceuticals.

posted March 28, 2013 09:34 PM            

What angers me is that
NO ONE AND I MEAN ABSOLUTELY
NO ONE
In the medical field, doctors, nurses, diabetes case workers/management classes;
NO ONE KNEW ABOUT SO
NEVER TOLD US ABOUT CHEAP INSULIN THAT
YOU CAN JUST WALK IN AND BUY
NO ID
NO PRESCRIPTION REQUIRED!
Why did no one know about this?????????????????????
Sure we prefer Lantus and the ease of use and safety of it;
but it runs 10x more costly and a prescription is required,
and that means having to find ways to pay doctors.
We are going to see if we can get it (Lantus)
cheap or free from Sanofi.
I will keep you updated on the thread at LLC2
so we do not derail this thread further.
Thank you again YTA{{{hugs hugs hugs }}}
I am saving all the information you have given.
And spread the word because no one bothers to tell us needy folk;
insulin the basic old kind,
is otc and cheap.

posted March 28, 2013 10:37 PM            

For me, this is what positive thinking is all about, YTA offered advice, you looked for your own answers and found them.

posted March 28, 2013 11:00 PM            

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Originally posted by Padre35:

So happy for you Lexxi!

For me, this is what positive thinking is all about, YTA offered advice, you looked for your own answers and found them.

Positive thinking is not rainbows and butterflies, it's finding what you need when you need.

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posted March 29, 2013 09:46 AM            

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Padre35: Anger is a product of optimism Lexxi.

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