So, I mentioned awhile back that I was currently paying $14/mo for each of my three prescriptions. Well I found out that one of my allergy medications recently started being sold over the counter, and since I know that some insurance companies stop covering medications once they are sold over the counter I went to our school pharmacy to find out if my insurance would still cover it. The over-the-counter cost at a local pharmacy is around $19/mo so if I had to pay for it out of pocket it would cost an extra $5 more per month. But it turns out the our student insurance will still cover the medicine if you buy the generic with a prescription (the generic became available the same time that the medication went over-the-counter), so instead of paying $5 more per month I get to pay $7 less! I think that I will take my new-found savings and put it towards the ‘additional medical costs’ category in my budget.