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It’s been said nothing happens by chance and I believe Friday evening was one of those nights.
I had to run into CVS to pick up a few prescriptions for my husband. The Pharmacy Clerk who waited on me asked if I was aware that one of his scripts would be 300.00. I was shocked because it’s a prescription he’s been on for years and we’ve always paid 45.00 for it. We already pay 100% out of pocket each month for both our premiums because my husband is self employed. The only thing that changed with our health care insurance was the cost of our monthly premium, it went up by almost 300.00 this year and pay approximately 1300.00 each month to carry health care insurance.
When the clerk told me how much the prescription would cost- my anxiety level went up very fast. I have been trying to work very hard at keeping my anxiety disorder at bay because my husband needs me to be strong for him. I wrote an article the other night about his illness and what is helping me to put my anxiety on the back burner. It doesn’t take much to set it back into action when you’re already worried for good reason and suffer from an illness that you do not have control over.
The clerk told me she would contact our insurance company because it may not be included on our formulary list of drugs this year. I left the pharmacy counter feeling a bit defeated…
