My Medicare supplemental sends a bill every month showing a breakdown of the costs of all my meds and who paid what. Even though I pay very little out of pocket the bill comes to over $2000 per month. Most of the expense is the Saphris and Rexulti. Do you get a notice like this? What does your medicine cost you and/or your insurance company? I don’t know what I would do if I ever lost my insurance.
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I have Tricare and they don’t send any notices. 
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Out of pocket I pay about 180 dollars a month. Without insurance it would be about 1900$
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i don’t pay very much, probably around $25 a month copays.
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My Paliperidone / Haldol prescription costs $0 out of pocket in BC, Canada.
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Alot of these drug companies have patient assistance programs if you cant afford your meds or have no insurance. My pdoc offered to give me samples if I couldnt afford my meds. My latuda is $1200 a month. I pay 8.50.
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That’s incredible @anon12381882
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I’m thinking close to $900. My meds are all covered my pharmacare. I pay $100 a year.
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I have to pay the equivalent of 250 US dollars a year. for 4 medications. Zyprexa, Zoloft, Levaxin and Lipitor.
I dont live in the US, nearly no one has insurance here. Its all government paid. Were taxed pretty hefty thoug.
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I pay roughly $20/month but without insurance it would be around $500
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I get a notice like that. I asked to be switched to the cheapest of all my types of meds I need so I never end up in the “donut hole” where you pay almost 50% of the cost of your meds until you end up at the next limit where you pay less again.
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The only thing I’ve ever had to pay for is my fish oil, and it’s less than $2 per month
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I get my meds from the V.A. So my out of pocket charge is zero. I don’t know what the V.A. pay for them.
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Oh that’s great @Ridgerunner
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My prescription of oral Invega was $1400 per month and insurance was refusing to cover it. So, I was paying out of pocket for partial fills of my prescription. Then I was hospitalized and switched to the injection, Invega Sustenna. My out of pocket has been met now and insurance is covering it, so I don’t know how much it costs. I’ll find out next year when insurance resets, haha.
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That’s terrible, I’m so sorry
Tricare used to send notices. I think Latuda is pretty expensive.
I get mine through the VA now though and they are all free.
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Oral invega should never cost that much. They have a generic available.
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My meds come out to about $2500 a month roughly if you include heart ones. Both my wife and I have benefits plans at work and there’s no limit for prescriptions on either so nothing comes out of my pocket. We can keep the plans after we retire as well.
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I dont pay anything for my Relprevv injection.
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