I have Medicaid, and I was denied a medication with preauthorization from a doctor. I have had migraines for the past 30 years, and she gave me 75 milligrams of Nurtec ODT (rimegepant). You take one pill every other day to prevent migraines. When I was taking them, for the first time in 30 years, I didn’t have a migraine. 

I suffer from them [migraines] probably about 17 to 20 days a month. They make me sick, as in vomiting, and I actually have to go to a dark room to lie down. It hurts so bad, and it also makes my eyes blurry. I understand it isn't a cheap medication, but it actually works. You don't know how that feels – to suffer from migraines and not have any [medication]. Then your insurance company denies your medicine that you know works and you can't afford it. Just like the time when I had to take a thyroid medication, .075 micrograms of Levothyroxine, and was denied by Medicaid. Seriously. So, what, am I supposed to not just take my thyroid medication? Which I'm not because I can't afford $107.00 a month for it. But even with the Nurtec ODT, insurers are denying someone’s medication, which the doctor says helps tremendously and isn't a generic brand. I have taken everything else that Medicaid said I could have, and it didn’t work...