Good Day;
I hope all are doing great.
I live in Canada, have Sickle Cell Disease (SC), and I'm searching information on health services/insurances before I decide to move to Florida.
Possible and hopeful scenario is for me to have a health insurance thru an employer, but I have in my a second scenario that I will have to get on privately.
I tried to find forums, but couldn't find one and I really need some information about the costs of health insurances provided by an employer and/or privately, cost of deductibles, medical appointments, medication, lab work, etc. for a sickle cell patient like me.
Daily I take: 1,500mg of hydroxyurea - 3 pills, and150 eltroxin - due to thyroid
Then, about every 3 and 5 years, I need to have done:
ECG test, holter test, MRIs of my joints (shoulders, hips, back, knees) due to my avascular necrosis, and Ct scan of my left lung due to a previous small clog
Every year I have an appointment with an Ophthalmologist due to blind spots in my eyes
Every month I have done blood work which includes the verification of nucleated cells, levels of SC cells, and many other components like hemoglobin, RBC, etc.
And, in a future I might have to have some blood transfusions periodically but not yet, and every 3 months I visit my Hematologist and Family Doctor
Your help means a lot to me and I really appreciate your reply with this information.
Thank you so much for your time and have an amazing day.