@A MyEpilepsyTeam Member , I got on disability in 2022 & so now I’m with United Healthcare & have Medicare & Medicaid. Plus, by being on disability, every month I’m provided what’s called a UCard with some money on it to get some needed groceries & it covers healthy living necessities like certain foods, over the counter pills, pads, etc. Some years before that, when I didn’t have insurance, I got help from something similar to what @A MyEpilepsyTeam Member mentioned about the state program, I think it’s known as Texas Benefits, or something like that. In 2019, when I didn’t have any insurance, I got help from my local Epilepsy Foundation. Most Epilepsy Foundations offer support groups, programs, events & different types of resources that include assistance with getting your medicine. They put me on a program that they apparently had & I paid $25.00 dollars a year & that included both my Depakote & Vimpat & my bloodwork & my visits with my Neurologist, but the catch with that was that if I needed to get a message to my Neurologist, I had to contact the Epilepsy Foundation & leave the message with them & have them get the message to my Neurologist & plus I had to see their Neurosurgeon, but I got lucky & the Neurologist who I had just started seeing volunteers with my local Epilepsy Foundation & so I got to keep the same Neurologist while on that program. During that time, was when COVID was going around, in 2020 & so I think most of my visits with the Neurologist were done by phone back then. You can go to www.epilepsy.com to look up your local Epilepsy Foundation information & contact them to if you could get some help until you find some new insurance. Good luck. Your friend in Texas, Becky

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Thanks for the information! Much appreciated.

Blue cross and Blue Shield. I use Aetna is good and it good for me, They almost the same. Look at both. An see what they cover

Becky, thank you for sharing. Take good care. Clarice

Make sure you are sign up with you state Medicare plan/ program. Talk to your County Human. Resource Center. Talk to a Social Worker.