DANDRIDGE, Tenn. (WVLT) -- "I'm 38 years old and I don't want to die."

According to TennCare, Tonya Duford is days away from having no health insurance and no ability to pay for her anti-seizure drug called Keppra, with an out-of-pocket cost of one-thousand dollars a month.

"To buy my medications could force us into bankruptcy. We'd be living on the street, basically," Duford told WVLT.

Tonya and her husband John bring home a little more than three-thousand dollars a month, just about what all her medicines would cost if they had to pay. She'll eventually be eligible for Medicare, but that's years away.

"In the meantime, if I don't have TennCare coverage, within a month I'll die without my medications."

Tonya makes weekly visits to the doctor, as her blood and the electric device in her chest to prevent seizures needs to be closely monitored. It's all putting a strain on her and her family.

"This is a 17-year old daughter watching her mother, knowing that anytime any one of those seizures could kill me."

And John has to constantly take time out of work, which is only making their financial situation worse.

"I'm losing my hourly wage as we speak, which is tough because we live paycheck to paycheck as it is," said John Duford.

Despite Tonya's dire condition, TennCare isn't using individual cases to determine who stays...And who goes.

"We have policies and guidelines in place given to us by the federal government, so we treat everyone the same," said TennCare Spokesperson Kelly Gunderson.

A career nurse, Tonya Duford has spent a lifetime taking care of people. Now, she's wondering who is taking care of her.

"I need help and I feel like I'm being pushed aside and saying well, we're just going to let you die."