I thought I was prepared.
No one should be forced to make the decision between whether to eat or whether to buy their medicine; whether to pay rent or buy their medicine.
$800 per month just on insulin.
We need changes that place patients’ needs first so that we can afford our prescription drugs.
A price tag of tens of thousands of dollars.
My kids don’t see the judgment calls I have to make about whether to pay a bill or copays for insulin.
I lost something so valuable.
When I was first prescribed Copaxone for my MS, it cost me $1,800 a month and wiped out my savings.
I have to play this game.
It’s ridiculous that the United States subjects its own citizens to such high drug prices.
I constantly worry about what I will do.
I have multiple myeloma, which is a cancer of the blood plasma cells, and my treatments are extremely expensive.
We shouldn’t have to crowdsource the medication that’s keeping us alive.
It is time for the prescription drug pricing system in our country to make some monumental changes –– so no one ever has to worry about if they will be able to afford to live.
Financial Challenges
They are making blood money, charging ordinary people unreasonable prices for medications they need to stay alive.
