Prescription Drugs and No Insurance...now what?

I find the greatest challenge in taking care of the family... now that  I'm not employed,  is finding a way to get medications for my wife.  She has Crohn's.
 If you're not familiar with Crohn's disease, it is a disease that effects the bowels. It causes extreme pain, sometime she has been in so much pain she can't talk and will lie on the floor crying. I have learned over the five years we've  been married certain signs she exhibits or talks about and don't wait to call an ambulance now.  It is tied to stress and no one knows what causes it or how to cure it. We are always under extreme stress and though I try not to display mine, she carries a lot.

We have been in the hospital several times in the last year. Each time we couldn't afford it, but the hospital has reviewed our income and covered the cost.  I don't understand who is paying for it, but I assume it is coming from taxpayers or people who give to the hospital. I am very grateful for this and never in my life expected it. I would have just dealt with the debt for the rest of my life.

Drugs are also the next difficult issue. Getting them as samples has been a strategy, but these drugs are very expensive. One called Humera and advertise on TV costs $1500 a month. I don't know how people that need this can afford it. We approached the company that produces it and they sent us an application that asked for our income information. We were sent the shots through the doctor's office at no cost to us. That surprised me too.

We have found another group locally here in Athens, GA that is run by all medical volunteers. It allows us to see a doctor and get prescriptions through their internal pharmacy. Of course they don't have these drugs, the ones for Crohn's because it is a specialized disease. Today though we started pursuing drug company web sites. I also ran a Google search on where to get the medication for free.  There are some sites out there that are scams, but I did track down the company that makes the one drug she takes. They have a program that apparently we could qualify for because of our income.  I hope so.

I guess I want to just write that I am very grateful for these companies and services that help those that are really in the low income bracket. I have been just above it too and never get anywhere, but for now it is a real help. Thank you God!