I don’t bother even to try and get it in this country. I can get it for $81 a month but if I get it here it that would wipe out my entire annual benefit and that’s just one of the five or six drugs I take.   Gail is a thyroid cancer survivor who […]

Prescriptions: Envarsus, Everolimus, Prednisone, Atovaquone, Combivent Respimat, PROLIA, Valtrex, Clonazepam, Pantoprazole, Zyrtec, Pravastatin, and Zetia   Catherine was on Medicare and disability when her lungs began

I’m 60 but I feel older because of the stress I’m constantly feeling; I’m just gonna say it’s very hard. We have the constitution that guarantees the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. But how can you

I get sick of fighting with the insurance companies since they change things that are especially critical for a diabetic   Prescriptions: Humalog with an Omnipod pump and Dexcom 6 CGM, Atorvastatin, Benazepril, Ropinirole, and Citalopram.

It was just too expensive for us to afford. We didn’t know anything about diabetic ketoacidosis, rationing, or the importance of insulin to survive. I have another daughter who is a Type 1 diabetic and I don’t want

I have to reach a $3500 deductible but I’m diabetic every single day. This is something that I need regardless of a deductible or regardless of my income, and people shouldn’t have to choose between paying their bills and

What a lot of people don’t understand is that not being able to afford insulin for a Type 1 diabetic is a death sentence.    Prescriptions: Humalog, Lisinopril, Hydrochlorothiazde, Rosuvastatin and Basaglar

I fear for when my son is a young adult and no longer on our insurance.  How will he afford this? You hear about people dying because they can’t afford their insulin. It is a maintenance medication for a type 1 diabetic yet it doesn’t get treated as such. Why is my blood pressure medication […]

The exorbitant cost of Eliquis is ruining my retirement… Funding Big Pharma was not in my Social Security budget plan, yet here I am. Drug prices are life-changing, and not in a good way. Maureen has a history of issues with blood clots.

When you’re sick, you feel helpless and now feeling empowered as a patient to use my story and affect real change. Ever since Savanna was three years old, she has encountered a number of problems with her health.

Deidre was diagnosed with Latent Autoimmune Disease of Adulthood (LADA) in 2012, and she’s been forced to make major life changes ever since.