Just cancelled my vacation plans. The $289 I just spent on TWO medications (TWO!) and the $150 I paid for a blood test wiped out everything I'd saved up for, as well as ate fairly deep into next week's groceries.

I paid $20 for these two meds on my last employer's insurance, and on Medicare when I was unemployed? $0.

I decided to check and see why and apparently my medical expenses for July was $1000, or about a quarter of my monthly income. Between that and rent, no wonder I can't make ends meet despite the pay bump.

I went from a trip to California, to a trip to the coast, to a trip to Leavenworth, to a trip to the couch, to a trip to the MRE stash all because of the cost of medical stuff.

Those of you with socialized medicine? Count your blessings.

...i also now need a vacation from my vacation planning...