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Old Feb 20, 2014, 05:35 PM
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In NJ it took multiple calls for me to get Medicaid to consider my son and just a general bureaucratic bumbling of my case ended with my son being withot insurance until I managed to get a job (teaching, actually) that offered insurance. With Medicaid I would be calling hem every two weeks to check in things, and make a note of every time you call. In my state they kept claiming I had never called and that they were going to "put his through to the supervisor" blah blah blah. Keep on them.

Anyway ask your current providers if thy are willing to do a sliding scale arrangement with you. Sometimes if you've built a rapport with people they will help you out. You can also consider going to another provider, a clinic that will do sliding scale treatment, unless you have already established a relationship with your pdoc and therapist.

As for medication, that can be tricky. I make sure I am on only generic versions, which limits me to older drugs - no abilify, saphris, latuda, etc. even Effexor was too expensive as a generic. Sometimes you can also utilize samples from yor doctor until you can get insurance, or go through the maker of the drug. Astra Zeneca, for example; gave my friend free geodon when he didn't have insurance for a few months. My doctor had a sample coupon for Seroquel XR and wrote me a script for 300mg pills that I could break in half so that I could get twice as much for free. So there are ways to get your care without insuranCE.
I know this because even though I have insurance now, I have to pay out of pocket until I reach my deductible\
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