Would you qualify for Medicade (not medicare)?

It is assest-driven --- income and liquid assets and such.
Home, TV, wedding rings, work tools, etc aren't counted.

bummer that you're having such a rough time of it, sweetie.  janice, have
you tried googling for "drug assistance programs" or the name of the
pharmceutical company who makes the drug you need +"drug assistance
programs"?

i used to have a list of the major pharmaceutical companies drug program
websites, but i can't seem to find it.  maybe somebody on asa still has a
copy, because i know i got it here.  i'm sorry i can't find it now.

kate

is either of you old enough (i.e. 50 or older) to belong to AARP?  I got a
card from them for, I think, $20 last year.  The discounts it offered on meds
varied widely from a couple of dollars to $20 on a single refill.  It's not a
big help, but it does help and in my case, it paid for itself in the first
month.  You might want to look into it.  http://www.aarppharmacy.com/aarpNet/

Here are a the best sites to learn about patient assistance programs that you
might qualify for http://www.needymeds.com/  and
http://www.rxassist.org/default.cfm

also ask your doctors if they can help you out with samples.  We've learned
that most docs are very helpful with the assistance programs and handing out
samples.  After all, good docs want their patients to get the meds they need!
I know that asking for and taking such assistance is difficult, but it does
work and does help.  Without these programs and sampling from docs I would
have been incapacitated last year and my husband would not have been able to
continue on the career track that now has us well insured again.