Greetings from Australia. My brother has MS and gets a monthly infusion of Tysabri. All he does is show his Medicare card and it doesn't cost him anything.
He was prescribed a very new drug which has worked brilliantly and saved his life.
The first time he left the pharmacy with his monthly prescription, the pharmacist told him to take care, because the pills he'd given him cost more than $20k. For a months supply. The cost to him - absolutely nothing.
Glad he's getting the treatment he needs!! Drugs have made incredible advances in the last decade.
And yes drugs have made incredible advances -- my aunt (and hence my brother's aunt) had MS and her life was ruined by it.
Pretty amazing to see something advance that quickly with such a stark difference in outcomes between 2 of my own family members.
When my brother told me it was relatively benign given they caught it early and he had access to treatment I was like "I read 10 books for the MS Readathon in Year 1... You're welcome!"