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I asked a similar question a while ago but I could use some real advice from anyone who has a helpful answer.
I'm on Wellbutrin. Love it but I'm still on the lowest dose which isn't doing much for me anymore. I've been more depressed in the past month and progressively worse in the past week. My in network physician costs $180 AFTER insurance. I need to get a higher dose prescribed but they won't do it over the phone. Saving money isn't an option as I make very little now, saving up to move soon and never have any money left over.
How does one price shop for different physicians? Are there any other low cost options, such as medical schools that can legally prescribe?
(Please don't tell me to save money, get secondary/different insurance, or anything like that. I'm poor but don't qualify for any govt assistance since I'm temporarily living with my parents. I don't believe in using gov't assistance regardless.)
I'm on Wellbutrin. Love it but I'm still on the lowest dose which isn't doing much for me anymore. I've been more depressed in the past month and progressively worse in the past week. My in network physician costs $180 AFTER insurance. I need to get a higher dose prescribed but they won't do it over the phone. Saving money isn't an option as I make very little now, saving up to move soon and never have any money left over.
How does one price shop for different physicians? Are there any other low cost options, such as medical schools that can legally prescribe?
(Please don't tell me to save money, get secondary/different insurance, or anything like that. I'm poor but don't qualify for any govt assistance since I'm temporarily living with my parents. I don't believe in using gov't assistance regardless.)
Call as many as you can, level with them about your insurance coverage and how much you can afford to pay, and ask if there is something that can be done to lower your co-pay.
Don't feel like you have to apologize to them.
Also, if you are seeing a doctor within a larger hospital system, they have programs such as charity care. The program assists low income patients with either free, or reduced rates for medical bills. It's not a program you have to apply for through the government, you simply ask the hospital if they have the program and then you fill out some paperwork. I've gotten it in the past and it really helped.