[.38sw]

I managed to parlay it into getting a part time job with insurance first.

Schmart! Very schmart!

Even with insurance, I pay a lot for some of my meds, fortunately I don't take many. I just picked up a refill of my Allegra the other day - the copay had risen to $50! The reason is that the Allegra is not on my insurance company's formulary, so they don't want me to have it. I asked my allergy immunology doc about the alternatives, and he said they aren't as good, and wants me to take the Allegra. Oh well...

[null and void]

Yeah. The last thing in the universe I wanted was for it to be a (non-covered) pre-existing condition.

[sweetliberty]

I think these insurance companies don't want you have anything that is effective expensive. There really are very few drugs on the $10 and $25 copay list. Most are either on the $50 copay or 100% self pay lists.