My insurance company would have, but wanted me to try an older, cheaper drug first. Since the older drugs have a much more dangerous list of potential side effects, including lymphoma and skin cancer, and since the eli lily foundation would have covered it regardless, it was a no-brainer.

The co-pays on tier 3 (i.e. super spendy specialty drugs) are crazy anyway, so insurance covering it wouldn't have really changed the affordability aspect one way or the other.