My husband’s asthma medication, if bought without insurance, costs upward of $600 a month. That’s for a lung steroid, two kinds of rescue inhaler (in case the first doesn’t work) and nebulizers.
I think I pay $40 a month for my thyroid mess and prescription D, but I don’t know how much my insurance is also paying. Plus, I take some extra vitamins and minerals (I have to take B12 and iron or I become deficient) and some other vitamins I take and that adds $20 a month probably.
I take one thyroid medication which I pay cash for and it’s about 10 to 15 dollars per month. I, too, have great insurance.
I take vitamins but you said not to count them.
@LuckyGuy I just got generic Flonase from Costco, 5 bottles for less than 20 bucks. The doctor recommended it for my daughter when she was sick but she hasn’t taken it.
@RedDeerGuy1 Your government assistance doesn’t cover that 550? That’s awful. I am also on state aid and only have to pay a couple dollars a med co-pay.
With my (very good) insurance:
Birth control: $0 (thank you, Obamacare).
Appetite stimulant: $15
SSRI: $15
Antibiotic (most important; thing that is keeping me in remission): $25
Total: $55
I didn’t know what it’d be without insurance, so I thought I’d do some research.
Birth control: $22
Appetite stimulant: $25
SSRI: $30
Antibiotic: $50
Total: $127
Not as bad as I thought.