Real Stories, Real People
Patient Testimonies
High prices are threatening my life.
My name is Sammie Eikel and I hail from Tampa, Florida. I am 71 years old and hoping to enjoy my retirement as best I can. However, I deal with the symptoms of Stage 4 COPD every day. It affects my ability to enjoy my life in Tampa because it is sometimes difficult to breathe. […]
Patient Testimonies
We deserve to live without fear.
My name is Sandra Killett and I am a resident from New York City. I am an advocate for several causes including health care reform. This is a cause that is close to my heart because I have multiple myeloma, a severe and incurable form of blood cancer. I was first diagnosed in 2010. In […]
Patient Testimonies
Patients deserve to be able to breathe.
My name is Vivica Jasson and I am a resident of Waianae, Hawaii. I deal with asthma on a daily basis and I have struggled to find an effective medication. When I didn’t have insurance to pay for my prescribed asthma medicine, Advair Diskus, I was in trouble and not breathing well. It was and […]
Patient Testimonies
We had to empty my retirement fund.
My name is Judy and I am from St. John, Indiana. I am in my early 60s and I work in the medical field. In 2007 I was diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL/SLL) and was put on the recommended treatment called FCR, the R being a medication called Rituxan. My insurance company denied Rituxan […]
Patient Testimonies
My name is Larry Weinstein and I am from Murfreesboro, Tennessee. I am passionate about advocating for causes that impact people’s health care, specifically for more affordable medication. I have diabetes and require various types of insulin, including Tresiba and Victoza. Each goes for over $200 per month and I simply can’t afford that. My […]
Patient Testimonies
Patients are slipping through the cracks.
My name is Margaret and I’m from Minnesota. When I was 19 years old, I was diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease. Because I was on my parents’ insurance, I had no clue how to navigate insurance coverage for my care and medications. For a number of years, the price of my drugs never crossed my mind. […]
Patient Testimonies
It has been a long journey for me.
My name is Luz Lopez and I am a resident of Phoenix, Arizona. High drug prices have become a huge issue for me as I face multiple health issues –– and I know countless other Arizonans face similar health care problems. I have suffered from fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome since 2001. Living with chronic […]
Patient Testimonies
Meet March Price Fighting Hero Meg Jackson-Drage
Meg Jackson-Drage is a 50-year-old living in Magna, Utah with her husband and family. She was diagnosed with fibromyalgia and lives with neuropathic pain, both of which require costly medication. Meg was most recently prescribed Pfizer’s blockbuster drug, Lyrica, to treat the pain and symptoms of fibromyalgia. But when Meg found out it would cost […]