Brandi Glanville Says Her Meds Cost $7,000 a Week Even With Insurance

Brandi Glanville is opening up about a medical battle that’s stretched past two years and drained her finances. On her“Unfiltered”podcast, the reality TV alum broke down while discussing a GoFundMe her friend Gina launched to help cover her medical bills. Glanville says her medication runs $7,000 a week even with insurance, and that she’s spent more than $113,000 on treatments for a condition that’s caused facial disfigurement.

She’s shared a long list of diagnoses, including highly resistant ESBL Klebsiella, Valley Fever, Demodex dermatitis and Mononucleosis. She also says she can’t work because of her health, telling listeners,“I feel like a loser. I feel like I definitely hit rock bottom, and I’m embarrassed.”Her podcast cohost James Maas defended the fundraiser as a necessity.

For a lot of listeners, this story hits close to home. Plenty of families carry insurance and still watch medical bills climb faster than they can keep up. But the other side of this story is what friends do when someone they love hits a wall: they step in, set up a jar or a page, and refuse to let them go it alone. Do you know someone who’s faced medical debt like this? Tell us how your community showed up.