http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/2012/05/journal-sentinel-when-the-choice-is-health-or-hearth/ Thu, 03 Sep 2015 17:55:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.3 http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/2012/05/journal-sentinel-when-the-choice-is-health-or-hearth/#comment-6922 Sun, 03 Jun 2012 21:48:14 +0000 http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/?p=18660#comment-6922 RAGuy thank you for sharing this on your page. I truly appreciate it.
The last few days have been filled with so much emotion and so many ups and downs for me.
I wasn’t prepared for such hateful comments from others. My goal was simply to raise awareness for the rising costs of medications and bring attention to it. In some small way hopefully I did just that. Thank you for sharing this article with your readers and thank you for the support of your page!
My best to you and yours. Always.
Michelle

]]> http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/2012/05/journal-sentinel-when-the-choice-is-health-or-hearth/#comment-6913 Sat, 02 Jun 2012 09:53:52 +0000 http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/?p=18660#comment-6913 This is sadly a reality for many on disability and even those with jobs and little or no health insurance. I am hoping that eventually these types of meds will be forced to reduce their market price. Yes, they have to recoupe the cost research but let’s take Enbrel which has been on the market for years. They have surely recouped that investment and now what is the excuse for such high prices? Mmmmmm….perhaps profit? And this is why we can not let medical care be governed by “free markets”. It won’t work, it hasn’t worked, and it will never work so long as money is so infused into our politics here in the US. My heart breaks for her. These choices are so hard to make but we face them every single day of our lives living with chronic illness.

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