Millions of people are affected
by the rising costs of prescription medication every day. It is wrong that hard
working families have to choose between taking medication and being able to eat
a meal.
My aunt was born with chronic
lung disease and is a cancer survivor who has taken a great deal of
prescription drugs during her life. Some of them worked, many didn’t help at
all, and some may have made things worse. Up until a couple of years ago,
none of the medication she had taken helped her, until she found one that
seemed to finally work. She was on that medication for about a year until the
company that made the medication decided to change the patent by one little
degree.
By changing the patent, the cost
of the medication skyrocketed from $30 a month to $400 a month. She can no
longer afford to take the only drug that helped her. It is wrong what big
Pharma has done to hardworking people who rely on life-saving medication. The
health of our loved ones affects the whole family! The greed must stop.
Senator Collins, your home state
did their job in passing comprehensive prescription drug packages. We hope you
can bring the momentum back to Washington with you.
Harrison Quidort
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