New blow to the US Affordable Care Act (Obamacare).

[kandrathe]

I apologize. When I first replied to this post I was poor enough to receive supplemental health, which meant I paid nothing for prescriptions. Now that I am a wealthy social security recipient I no longer qualify.

Tonight I fell into the donut hole. I had no idea that one of my medications was eight hundred and some dollars a month.

We are debating the academic benefits of our two son's use of both a time released Intuniv and Adderall versus the monthly cost. The generic is 10% the cost of the name brand ($30 vs $350 per month). But, I hear you. Not all medicine is available in generic form (in the US). I don't have a donut hole, yet. I have a high family, and per person deductible ($6000 iirc). Due to my wife's medical costs, she burns through the deductible plus the kids medicine from January to April. It's almost as if I had no insurance at all in those months -- all out of pocket until I hit the cap. Then I end up trying to catch up on the unpaid medical bills over the summer, and spend the fall saving up for the big hit in the spring.