my dad lost his job and never told me i'd be losing my insurance coverage because of it. at the time, i was unemployed and needed to get a job FAST because i could no longer afford my medication out of pocket. unfortunately for me, nothing came fast enough. i'm 3 1/2 months into my job and now eligible for medical coverage--tho that just means i won't be officially covered until August 1st at the earliest. i've been paying out of pocket for my Seroquel ExR 150mg for 3 months now--i make a little less than $400 every two weeks even though i work 30-35 hrs a week (at Starbucks--here in Austin TX it's a low-paying job. when i was in CA u were lucky to get it because of minimum wage being higher there). i'm under so much stress having to borrow money to pay for one bottle of the medication i desperately need because my meds cost more than my paycheck...
on top of that, i'm also on Lamictal which is $85 out of pocket/without insurance.
i've been so angry for so long at how this country deals with medical treatment. i lose sleep at night.