Man dies after not being able to afford inhaler. Does his family have a case in lawsuit?
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- Опубликовано: 10 фев 2025
- Man dies after not being able to afford inhaler. Does his family have a case in lawsuit?
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It's stories like this that make Luigi suddenly more relatable. The more they pop up, it makes me think, "I get it. I'd rather it not come to this...but I get it."
Haven't you Americans ever heard of your past Hill Burton Health Care Act that you allowed your own government to sabotage?
Luigi is a millionaire his damn self. I’d love to think he’s this altruistic rarity, but in reality, he’s probably just mentally ill. Or maybe it’s both, who knows. Perhaps I’m too cynical.
1. If you live in the U.S., don't get sick.
2. If you get sick, have excellent corporate health insurance or be a government employee.
3. If you don't have insurance, have a fortune of your own (millions).
4. If you're broke, good luck.
5. Free Luigi.
Or go to prison , there is that option , it's just not a great one lol.
Corporate insure is costing employees thousands and still have giant deductibles
6. Live in socialist Europe!
You can scratch government employee of that list. I don't know about federal but state is atrocious. Nowadays, in fact, corporate is worse unless of course you are earning 6 figures or more and can afford top tier coverage. Everything else is trash. God forbid, you should have a health emergency, it will leave you minimum thousands in debt.
If you're broke, apply for Medicaid. That's who Medicaid helps.
When I hear stories like this I am surprised there isn’t more vigilante justice.
That is the only thing that surprised me about Luigi, that it took so long for someone to do it
Haven't you Americans ever heard of your past Hill Burton Health Care Act that you allowed your own government to sabotage?
Trump signed an Executive Order so we can't negotiate prices anymore, so this will happen more often.
Why did the Insurance Co. stop covering his inhaler and did they notify him that it was no longer covered???? My insurance company never notified me when they stopped coverage on two of my meds., I had to hear it from the pharmacy. Unlike this poor young man, I was just lucky that neither med. was a life saving med. Prayers to the family for their loss.
Why didn't he go to the ER
@ I'm not sure why he didn't go. Maybe he just felt if he couldn't afford his med., he felt he sure couldn't afford a trip to the ER. It's just a sad situation and I truly feel for his family and friends. It's just another one of many stories about the drug companies and greed.
Haven't you Americans ever heard of your past Hill Burton Health Care Act that you allowed your own government to sabotage?
You can tell that analyst has been paid off by the lobby groups. Just because you are buying a long term inhaler doesn't mean it did not effect his survival. Literally stopped using long term inhaler, then died 5 days later. That analyst was ridiculous in his analysis. That's like saying, not having water/food long term, and saying well they could have had an emergency dose therefore not having food/water for 5 days did not effect their survival. Host didn't do a good job pressing for questions either. Poor journalism and poor analyst. What has america come to? Yay capitalism! Profit over people! And it's only gonna get worse with lobby elites being buddy buddy with trump now. Umm you know tariffs increase prices right?
Trump has never ever cared about the senior citizens and all the many other struggling citizens. All he has ever cared about is himself. He is a very selfish person who is consumed with all of his billions of dollars and he has no clue with what and how our country has been struggling to just get by and survive with social security (and many other low income families. You must now take out a loan just to go to the grocery store!
Yes they have a case!
I go to CVS and they let me know by email or text when a medication is not covered or they need to contact the Dr. for a refill. Its all on the computer....in addition, the Pharmacist should have the sense to know an inhaler is a critical medication that shouldn't be delayed but filled immediately
Trump revered the executive order that lowered the cost of the medication
Haven't you Americans ever heard of your past Hill Burton Health Care Act that you allowed your own government to sabotage?
Honestly, we, the voters are to blame squarely. A previous administration was trying to get affordable health care for ALL Americans. Unfortunately, the other side politicized this issue and this is where we are now. If it was up to the current administration, things would be worse and it's going to get worse. Suing is not going to yield any outcome, and no amount of money would ever bring him back alive.
It really should not get to this but this is it. Go and vote to get affordable health care for ALL.
None of those types of inhalers are cheap. It's ridiculous. I can't live without mine and mine is $400 without insurance
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My advair without insurance is $771.00 unbelievable
Mine was partially covered by insurance. It was $150 a month. My friend provided me expired inhalers. This story is so sad. I wish I could have helped him.
are u kidding?? omg!
Really wow. But those are preventative inhalers rescue inhalers are 50 dollars. He could have went to the hospital er right
When your medicine isn't covered call your doctor. They might be able to substitute it with something else. He was young, so seems he didnt know how the system works. Very tragic.
Exactly
Yes! Or look at the apps like GoodRX. Parents!! Make sure your kids understand this stuff when they go,out on their own!
Haven't you Americans ever heard of your past Hill Burton Health Care Act that you allowed your own government to sabotage?
Im on epilepsy meds and its the generic brand so my other options might not have the same effect and control my seizures. Cant immediately go off these meds or ill go into SUDEP. My neurologist would have probably given me something different were this to happen. Question is would it be successful in controlling these? Thats a gamble I dont wanna take. I know what youre saying. Problem is, this solution doesn't work across the board. My medication [Im on a lot] is free thanks to Medicaid. If it gets defunded and im kicked off....idk what will happen
@ if you are on generic, you should be fine. This mess usually happens with a name brand med. if it is under patent, then it is usually covered. However if there is a generic, then the insurance will not cover the name brand unless there is a specific reason. In your case, there are some anti seizure meds that only the actual brand works for certain people, and the generic does not. In that case the Physician can provide documentation to the insurance plan so the brand name med is covered.
Also Medicaid and Medicare are not going anywhere. What is happening is they are trying to purge all the fraud and corruption from the programs. In one report they found enough fraud that most Social Security beneficiaries could potentially get an extra $20,000 a year. And that’s just one area they looked at. It’s the same in Medicaid.
Lack of long term med, caused it. United Healthcare- AGAIN
But yall voted for this! This is what you voted for!
HOW DO WE SUCCEED FROM THE UNION? CANNADA HAS FREE HEALTHCARE.
Government and corporations “oh well just another piss ant smushed”
Exactly 🎯! They want to turn the middle class into the poor and let the poor die.
Who did you vote for????? Did you vote against Obama Care not knowing it was the Affordable Care Act.
It's insane that a pharmacy can charge hundreds of dollars more for a medication when it's not covered by insurance. The cost to the general public should never be greater than the sum of the copay and the insurance. After all, they're getting a direct cash payment and do not need to refer anything to the insurance company with payment delayed or complications.
My husband’s inhale jumped from $25 to $105 WITH insurance. His deductible has been met! If they stop paying for it, it will cost $900+ !😱
Apply to the manufacturer NOW for programs they have for low income, veterans, disabled, or other individuals. Don't wait until he needs an inhaler and can't get one.
How can something so essential not be covered by insurance? Why could he not get into the emergency room?
What a question. The GOP said they were going to destroy all of this and people voted for them anyway.
@@rrickarr This is not the GOPs fault. They have only been in office for a few days and the dems put a hold on the things Trump did anyway. But it would not have effected this guy anyway.
That’s America, sadly, or healthcare costs.
Welcome to America
Have all reporters become corporate apologists?
This is like the guy who died over insulin people go to the emergency room
SMH poor guy 🙏
I lived in Nashville, Tennessee and I almost died from a severe asthma attack which put me in the hospital for 3 days. Anyone with asthma should move to Arizona
why arizona?
@@thepotatoofheaven it's dryer
That's the dumbest thing I ever heard. It has to do with eosinophils and a bunch of other stuff. STFU with your go to arizona.
It sounds like he didn't go to the ER? I wonder why since he had time to get there . 5 days was long enough. But the pharmacy could have helped more than they did for sure.
Inhalers are 69 cents in Cuba. We are the only country on this Earth that does have not have national medical. It's disgusting, it's shameful.
And people die from not being able to afford their insulin or an inhaler a 69 cent. Shame i'm in a pharmaceutical society
Heck yeah they do!
He committed, suicide.
What a nasty comment. Maybe in the future you can be forced to chose between medication and food. As a young person, I’m sure he thought he could make do until he could afford it again. Karma loves people like you.
The pharmacist can’t offer an alternative therapy without a physicians order but could suggest to the young man to call his doctor or go to the ED.
I still think people should be aware of generic alternatives at a pharmacy, then go to ER then talk to their doctor. I wonder why 911 wasn't called
But they can tell the patient to call their doctor and ask. My pharmacist has done this for me many times.
Advair literally comes in generic form. That should have been advised and offered
I have asthma. I had no idea of that crazy price.
Do they have a case? What was his asthma action plan? Did he call 911 or the doctor to get an alternative. What was he being prescribed instead of the basics???? Did he tell anyone he couldn’t afford his inhaler?
My death will be in 2025 due to healthcare costs.
drive to Canada or Mexico and get your medicine, jump on the cheapest flight to a place where you can easily get your meds or ask friends...... this stuff is ridiculous, and when things are so serious don't try to handle it by yourself, tell everyone cause someone might have solutions.
The Canadian pharmacy will mail it to you. No need to fly there, just a phone call and a prescription will do. Your doctor will just need to make the prescription fillable by them.
Listening to this story and listening to the attorney break it down… it essentially boils down to a lack of accountability and common sense. You can purchase a rescue inhaler off of Amazon for less than $30. That’s why the attorney kept reiterating how the family has no case.
But that is a "rescue inhaler" isn't it? This one was different.
@ the attorney explained multiple times the rescue inhaler that you can purchase from Amazon is what he needed to save his life. He explained the inhaler that they had raised the price to $500 was for long-term maintenance, but it was not what he needed to save his life in an emergency situation.
@@j.daniels1548that's what I'm thinking preventive inhalers is not for emergency asthma attacks.
@@j.daniels1548His causation response was not very clear.
He made sure we knew there are two different types of inhalers - Yet it's odd he did not specifically reference the inhaler by type during his proximate cause of death explanation. He perhaps could have been more specific about the inhaler type(s) for the sake of clarity.
This could be anyone’s son my son in college had to get meds when he got sick and go to dr I feel so sad for this family omg I feel terrible for them this is awful I have tears for him
@Khalif J Rhodes Thanks for your GREAT information.
This is conservatism. You get what you vote for!!
Joint Canada. Free healthcare! You will become provinces not states, strong gun laws control. Great education, peaceful places. Come joint us and start to live a better life!.
Capitalism.
And oligarchs
Socialism is far worse so don't go there
And republicans too.
@@wendyhack8644 socialism is far worse
no - insurance companies!!!
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The family should file a civil suit directly against Trump.
His medicine went up over a year ago Trump was not president.
Yup, he signed an executive order reversing initiatives aimed at reducing prescription drug costs.
Unfortunately, he has a long history of not being held accountable. 😡
@@jennymacallan9071 YET. We never stop trying
And the Heritage Foundation for designing this Christo-Facist dystopia.
Contact Dr to get a generic brand. Ask your parents for help.
Every medication doesn't have a generic brand. I take Dupixent, it has other medications like it, but no generic brand. Dupixent costs $4300 per dose and I take 2 doses a month. Generic is cheaper to make, but it's still effective. Some medicine doesn't have a cheap way of producing it.
Second part of your statement.
My parents didn't raise me, so can I ask your parents for help?
The people who did raise me, weren't well off financially so again, can I ask your parents? Since making such a statement is so easy. Your life of parental assistance isn't lived by everyone. In short, speak for yourself.
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What was it called
G day from Ontario So inhaler is 60. but without insur 500??
I can't figure out why drugs cost so much??? Greed , while person dies.
Sorry ! Ths
I'm going to go ahead and assume that this man actually looked into the exact inhaler this kid was taking. A rescue inhaler could have saved him, how does this man know that the inhaler wasn't one of those? Plus I think that any steroid inhaler at all would be better than nothing in respiratory distress.
Most ashma folks have a few inhalers around the house and dont run out. Sounds like he was on advair or something and a dide effect of those is sudden death
Hello I would have went to ER REALLYYYYYY AND DAYS LATER
Damn😢
Nope!
Thanks Joe…..
It is the new president that has uncapped the ceiling for prescription drugs, not former president Biden.
@@lifespanwellnessbeauty-60i64 wrong, costs went up under Biden
Schill
And this is only three weeks of his reign, imagine what will happen in six months...😡
Trump did not do this!! costs were rising under Biden
omg- thx obama care
You misspelled Project 2025 and Executive Order.