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NOW THAT IS WHAT MAKES ME MAD! Sorry Gerry, nothing personal, but you obviously dont know the facts. Why should you? When my husband died, we were living on welfare. He left a small insurance policy, in trust for his children. the income was sufficient t bounce me out of welfare, bounce out of Medicare, but not high enough to be able to get medical insurance. We do however qualify fr a county fund for indigents - where we go to a public clinic. I tried today to get an appointment for my son who woke up this morning with an obvious flu _ 1st appointment available in June. (by appointment only ) They dont cover hospital fees , and they dont treat things that need an emergency room like heart attacks , or accidents etc. But up till now they did pay for my medications. Now suddenly, without warning, they are only paying a small percentage - on sinemet cr and mirapex, my share was 287 dollars; they did pay the rest. BUt I was used to paying $10 a prescription. When you take into account that as the girls went into foster care, they took their social security checks with them (bereavement benefits) and now Jed is turning 18 in a few days, so he loses his - my entire monthly income is $306.00!!!! I have an application in for medicaid because the balance of my finances has changed so radically - but that takes time to process. And in the meantime, suddenly, and without warning, like a bolt from the blue, i find that ny co-payment has increased so incredibly ! So it is not as if i have been playing grasshopper, its just that the ants turned out to be army ants (eating everyone and everything on their path). hilary Gerry & Brig Haines wrote: > > Hilary, Welcome to the real world. Sorry about the price of the > prescriptions, but that is how it is without a prescription plan. Sometimes, > you figure which is more important..... > Gerry