Feeling Overwhelmed

I am feeling overwhelmed with the costs of my type 2 medication and my son’s type 1 pump supplies. My son will be 24 and will age out of my health plan at 26 and the DexCom and Tandem TSlim supplies cost over $20,000 per year, which doesn’t include Insulin. He is also autistic so he does not have many job prospects. SSI would only cover half of the supply cost unless Medicaid helps.

The Janumet I’m taking costs nearly $500 per month.

I’m just feeling overwhelmed at the prospect of me spending over $30,000 a year on diabetes supplies. I’m 50 years old. How can I hope to retire when I’m facing these kind of annual expenses?

Edit: Gosh, many of the responses are really unhelpful.