Real Stories, Real People
Patient Testimonies
Changes are terrifying because of the high price of insulin
My name is Blythe and I will be 26 in August. I’m a very happy newlywed and live with my husband in Chandler, Arizona. At age 7, I survived a life threatening health scare that landed me in the hospital. Doctors eventually diagnosed me with Type 1 Diabetes. I was very fortunate that my family […]
Patient Testimonies
Drug prices have made me sicker
My name is Ashley Suder. I’m from Morgantown, West Virginia, and I live with lupus, an autoimmune disease where my immune system attacks my healthy tissue, resulting in painful inflammation that damages my skin, joints, blood vessels and brain. Lupus is chronic and lifelong. The drug I take now, Benlysta, works well, but it’s especially […]
Patient Testimonies
Meet P4AD’s New Digital Director, Tori Saylor.
My name is Tori Saylor, and I am excited to introduce myself as the new Digital Director at Patients For Affordable Drugs. As we near the end of my first week, I wanted to take a moment to tell you why I joined this fight. It’s pretty simple — I joined this movement because I […]
Patient Testimonies
In order to afford my insulin, I cut down my dose
My name is Judith Bentley, and I’m from Dallas, Oregon. In order to stay as healthy as I can, I take more than six medications, including prescriptions to treat bipolar 2 disorder, fibromyalgia, and diabetes. In 2020, the copays for my medication alone were $2,000. Maybe that’s not a lot of money for some people, […]
Patient Testimonies
I live at the mercy of drug prices.
I’m Kami Guiden, from Silver Spring, Maryland, and I’m 33 years old. For just over 20 years I’ve lived with Crohn’s disease, an incurable and chronic and inflammatory illness of the gastrointestinal tract. I also live with celiac disease. Affording my medications to manage my conditions is always on my mind. I absolutely have to […]
Patient Testimonies
There shouldn’t be a price tag on my life.
My name is Sa’ra Skipper, and I am a diabetes patient and advocate. I have lived with type 1 diabetes since the age of 5. My entire life with this disease has been a roller coaster. I was diagnosed at such a young age that I don’t really know what it meant to live with […]
Patient Testimonies
I have no choice but to buy this medication.
My name is Steven Hadfield. I am 68, a long-time North Carolinian, a husband, a grandfather of three, and a football fanatic. I’m also a rare cancer patient and a diabetic — two conditions that require very, very expensive drugs. I’ve been a hard worker all of my life. I work full-time at Walmart and […]
Patient Testimonies
No one should have to live at the mercy of drug companies.
My name is Jacquie, I’m 31 and I’m a full-time Art Director in Waterloo, Iowa. In 2011, the same week as my college graduation, I was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease, which causes painful inflammation of the digestive tract. The stress of the cost of my treatment has impacted my life in ways that I could […]