 [ Symptoms ] my husband is on disability and pays for medicare through disability i have my own health insurance through work he did not take coverage for prescriptions since he only has one and without insurance it costs 4 a month so it is cheaper to just pay 4 we were told he must get prescription insurance for the medicine or be penalized is this true the cost for prescription coverage is over 45 a month and then the deductible still would not be met in the year this will cost us too much in the long run [ Disease ] it depends on your diagnosis a sore throat can be caused by viruses contagious for a few days strep contagious for the entire time you have the strep mono contagious for the duration of the active phase of the disease and a few dozen other things