Man dies after inhaler cost jumps $500, according to family
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- Опубликовано: 9 фев 2025
- ABC News’ Linsey Davis speaks to the parents of a man who say he died of an asthma attack after the price for his medication soared to more than $500.
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500 is crazy, regular people can’t afford that! Shame on America being okay with this. Sorry your son died.
We aren’t. That is one reason we just voted in a new administration.
Insulin is up to as high as 1000.00. Imagine parents of children with type 1 diabetes. Children as young as 18 months and insurance is ristricting prescription approval.
2 weeks for a health plan! 😂@@janh5199
@@bspoon5041President Biden lowered those costs and capped them, then Trump reversed it all in the last 2 weeks.
@@janh5199 Awww and you think the prices are going to go *down,* that is so precious and naivé. 😊
Having to pay for inhalers is insane to me....
They should be FREE!
@@lisabolo4359Thank you!
I agree. Theres 2 meds i take and without insurance theyre almost 600 a month
Insane!
@@lisabolo4359 so should dental care.
Just 1 of my inhaler is $900 not including my rescue inhaler and nebulizer steroids. It's ridiculous and none of those are even working I'm currently admitted in the hospital due to a severe asthma attack! It's ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE. RIP so sorry for your loss.
I needed an inhaler that retails for $970 and my doctor gave me a coupon to use and with my insurance I didn't pay anything. What a joke the whole system is. RIP bro.
wtf!?! For that price that better be diamonds you are inhaling...
Well that’s good for you ! But what does it cost ? Is that the cash price $ 970
And Americans think Canada is going to join the US because the US is so great. ,,l,,
$970!!! That’s crazy as hell!
Come to México. Buy your medicina here . Or receive it from public hospital. My mother uses Spiriva it costs 75 USD.
It is unconscionable that a young, tax-paying American citizen, DIED in America because of American GREED. What kind of a shtt hole country allows that to happen? Pro-life? How absurd! My condolences to his parents, loved ones and friends.
It’s going to get worse now with the rich tech bros and Elon musk and trump grifting of the American people anyway possible!!!
@@blythebrock600
Democrats already made it worse. That guy died because of Bidens policy
That shtt 🕳️ country seems to be USA 🇺🇸
You're absolutely correct! The richest country in the world and the only country with healthcare for profit. America sucks and is just getting worse everyday.
@@cweissable
Obamacare is doing great
500 for a life-saving inhaler? This is unacceptable. American Greed.
Yep, exactly.
Big Pharma greed!!
Denying lifesaving medication is murder.
Especially when the pharmacy has it right there!! I get medication costs money but inhalers are low cost items!!! Greedy evil everywhere...
And dump wants to take over Canada, which has universal healthcare...
100% agree with everything you have said..
We are becoming a third world country when it comes to medical care
@@14elvira14
Not true Advair is very expensive the medication this young man was on. Many companies will not cover it and one must use the generic version.
Many respiratory medicine is not affordable ask someone that pays out of pocket for oxygen! In this country respiratory medicine can really break one's budget
Fluticasone asthma preventer costs abt $25 Australian (abt 16 USD) even less with PBS or benefits. Ventolin puffer is abt $11 AUD ($7 USD) The US health system is a scandal
I get it free so US healthcare depends on what you do.
Is there a way to legally buy medical supplies and medications online and have them shipped from other countries??
@ausalmo
I used Flovent for 30+ years -it was discontinued in the US in 2023. The cost was around $400 to $500 US dollars before insurance . I was forced to switch to Symbicort which costs around $ 400 before insurance pays for it. I'm also o. Albuterol (rescue med available generically in the US) This is just the cost of the medication. A visit to see my pulmonary specialist so that he can write the prescriptions runs around $150 before insurance.
@@billyboyd418 It shouldn't depend on what you do
Where is is an asthma free in the US?? I had to pay around $400 to $ 500 per canister at Walgreens before insurance. Paid for it. Thank God my Albuterol rescue med is available as a generic. It costs less but I used to also pay ore when I could only get Pro-air ( brand name med)
It’s scary y’all. I just filled my inhaler script today. Pharmacy says it’s going up next month “substantially” next month. Took two years to find one that worked really well for me. I can’t pay more. My heart is with this young man’s family. 😔
Sadly, Mexico is your best bet. If you can’t book a trip, they ship as well from online. I can give you info but I don’t want to say it here bc I think it’s illegal… I’m sorry and good luck. It shouldn’t be this way. I’m honestly considering moving to Puerto Vallarta f this.
Ugh, I’m so sorry. That should be covered 100%. It’s not like it’s rare or optional. In addition to Mexico, Canada has single payer healthcare. Pharmaceutical company and pharmacy oligarchs are disgusting. I just paid $700 for HRT - which is a common hormone medication, that’s 100% covered in Canada, according to a Canadian commenter who said she’s on the same medication, when we compared a week ago in comments. I’m not sure if you can get Canada, but it might be worth a shot.
Move to Canada we have FREE INHALERS AND MEDICAL CARE
Try a mail order Canadian pharmacy.
Where do you get your inhaler? What country is it coming from because Trump just added tariffs to China where a lot of drugs come from. If you live close to Canada see if you can get it from Canadian pharmacies -- much cheaper!
The audacity for anyone to charge $500 for an inhaler. What has our society come to??? These outrageous prices are sickening and no one is doing a damn thing to stop it
Yes I have to have two different inhalers that are outrageous, luckily I found a prescription assistance program that helps. My son is type 1 diabetic and requires two different insulin on top of needles, blood glucose monitor and strips, daily medication for his kidneys etc.. the insulin alone comes to $600 a month. Thank goodness we have this assistance program or we would both be without medication.
Forgive me for making a *slight adjustment:* "these outrageous prices are *deadly* and no one is doing a damn thing to stop it.
@We-are-star-stuff 600 a month is disgusting. And they do it because they know you need it and you have no other choice but to pay that. This is so horrible. I'm sorry you have to go through this.
Shareholders, that's all it is, greedy Shareholders.
Society is money hungry. !
This is just shocking for a young man to die due to an inhaler.NOTHING can compensate for this senseless death.
Its not shocking at all. 68,000 people die every year in this country from preventable issues because of costs, lack of insurance, lack of care, unaffordable prescription medication. The only thing shocking is people still put up with this garbage.
Thing is he probably pays taxes and contributed to his community.. lots of people contribute nothing to their communities except violence
There were other options. They won't win lawsuit.
But don’t you see that billionaires have new mega-yachts to buy? 😒
@@summer2786 : are you hoping they don't win? Are you in agreement with the price for an inhaler jumping to $500 now that tRUMP killed the bill Biden signed controlling outrageous costs for low-cost health care medicines and products? What other options did this young man have? Did he know about them, and refuse to use them? A bit more detail please.
I have asthma and can't imagine being without my inhalers. This is so sad. Rest in Peace, Cole.
67 year old Asthmatic here living in Europe , i am heartbroken that this young man is no longer with us, what a horrible world we live in, for want of breath is one of the most scariest experiences ever, things like that should be free or reasonably priced.
61 year old asthmatic, Hi 👋. Noone should die because of insane pricing on inhalers! I need to get this figured out while I have a working one. Good luck to you!!
First let me state that I'm single and I pay 664.00 a month for my health insurance. It's gone up every year, The positive thing about it is hospitalization is completely taken care of. My prescriptions are fairly well covered some require a $36.00 copay. Last week I payed $132.00 for my Fardiga. The doctor wrote a ninty day prescription so it would would have cost divide by three for monthly cost. Fortunately most of what I copay costs me $32.00. often the electronic voice that phones me it's ready for pick up isn't on the same beam. I'll show up to pickup my prescription and the pharmacy says it's not ready. Don't know if your son said anything about the cost but I can tell you that you have to lucky when talking to the pharmacist. Waited five days for the Fardiga and one of the pharmacists said,"Next time call it on earlier". I almost pulled a Karen on him. I asked isn't 5fays am adequate length of time? When I checked in on the ,5th day I asked how many days I could go without the medication. A different pharmacist said if it didn't come in the next day they would figure out with the doctors advise what they would do. If a pharmacist doesn't know what to do they should reply ,,_,I don't know but I'll find out" one should not dismiss anyone with asthma. Sorry I took the long way around to get to curse. This a mean thing for me to say but , may those who could have and should have but did nothing some day what it feels like not to be able to take in oxygen or expel carbon dioxide and feel like they're drowning! That's what a bad attack feels like.
Scariest, not “most scariest”.
@hawaii3231 what?
@@PatriciaPageMosaicArtsCrafts its either “most scary” or “scariest”. “Most scariest” doesn’t make sense.
My doctor gave me free sample inhalers for five years. He said he had a patient who works for an airline. When the patient was in India, he could buy inhalers with no prescription, and the cost was less than his copay.
I type comments once but they print twice. I try to remove one but it removes both comments. Sorry for the duplicate comment.
How horrible and all in the name of greed. Lives should matter!
Your doctor sounds awesome. I only had s***ty ones that messed up my medications. And wouldn't listen to me when they made me throw up. The US needs to change and fast.
@TheVengeful169-81 I understand your plight. Thankfully I have a good doctor but my insurance co. only gives me the generic brand instead of the name brand. I've been in ana.shock four times due to the fillers in the generic meds. I'm allergic to so many meds that I can only take 3 and 1 over the counter aspirin. I have to carry an EPI pen with me at all times. It's really frightening what meds can do to you. Sorry for your problems.
@PatriciaKeel-ig9ni anyone can buy inhalers online without a prescription for about $75.
Life in prison for these greedy monsters.
As a respiratory therapist I feel very sorry for this young man. Severe asthma attacks are no joke. Some have mild ones and think they're the end of the world but I've seen people with asthma who merely had a little milkshake go down the wrong way and trigger and attack be left brain dead and taken off the ventilator. Asthma is a terrible thing and if this were an Albuterol inhaler there is no way it should cost $500. No way. RIP young man. I'm sorry
I get the sense it’s his maintenance inhaler, like Breo or Advair Diskus. They’re ridiculously expensive. Even my albuterol inhaler is $55, with insurance.
Using GoodRx in the DFW area, generic Advair Diskus is available for as low as $55. Insurance coverage of ICS-LABA combos is a bit of a game because the insurance may not cover the exact one the prescriber wrote, but there are always options.
@@TWO515TY Breo is my maintenance prescription. GoodRx is average $250 for generic.
@@TWO515TY The insurance that you’re referring to, OptumRx is a subsidiary of United health care, the object of Luigi Mangione‘s obsession
My sibling uses a daily inhaler not a rescue(Albuterol)inhaler. The doctor gave a coupon a couple of times while the doctor had to fight with the insurance.
Yet another example of America’s broken health care system 😮
If certain people continue to have it their way, America would wind up with NO healthcare.
*it's not broken. it is design to work exactly that. to make money for the rich.*
@Tewthpaste it’s broken for the people who pay for their premiums.
Did you know that OptumRx is a subsidiary of United health care? The object of Luigi Mangione’s obsession.
Gotta leave when you can't afford to breathe.
Deepest sympathy to the family for this needless death. 💔😢
United Healthcare, this is why people like myself are unhappy with insurance companies.
I definitely left United healthcare after the Luigi situation
@vanityposh6348 at least you had a choice.
Most people don't.
@ at the end of the year, many people have the choice to switch health insurance. You have to do it at a certain time.
This doesn't have anything to do with United Healthcare or any other insurance company. This guy didn't have insurance and apparently didn't think to type into a Google search "buy inhaler". And his parents apparently didn't think to ask their uninsured son if he needed help getting inhalers.
@mickael486 you are 100% wrong. Literally everyone has a choice whether they want insurance or not. And literally everyone gets to choose their insurance. And in this case if the kid had ANY insurance it wouldn't matter. 100% of them pay for inhalers. This story is largely BS.
And the wealthy were shocked how the public sided with Luigi.
That poor family.
Why Obamacare didn’t cover his prescription?
@@chuckxu5910 the government pays trillions to insurance companies on top of what we pay to them. It would be cheaper to have free healthcare but profit is king in America. That's why America is a developing nation
There is no such thing as Obamacare. No legislation or government program by the name. There is only the ACA (Affordable Care Act). Obamacare is what racist republicans use to discredit affordable health care. Only Trump would put his name on a government program to promote himself instead of being a public servant. @chuckxu5910
@@chuckxu5910 Obamacare was hit hard by Trump and everyone knows it.
LUIGI IS MY HERO!.... Haha!
I have Optum RX and my inhaler cost me $12.00. I’m so sorry for your loss 😢
You can also depend on which kind of inhaler.
Omg this is outrageous. $500 for a inhaler 😮
@@BetweenBountymy son was in the hospital last month for a week after developing asthma. He was given a script for an inhaler, but had to wait for 2 weeks to get it because it was over $500. This is absolutely true, unfortunately.
@@BetweenBounty ⬅️ Probably NOT an expert on prescription costs or insurance benefits 🎪 🤡
@@BetweenBounty If it's advair, it is true, albuterol not so much. Airsupra is $15 without insurance. The reporter should have elaborated what the med was, but most likely didn't on purpose to create a narrative.
True. Q utar is extremely high.
@Homeinbeing. I was on Advair 15 years ago. It cost 250$ monthly then.
My dad almost died because he couldn't afford his diabetic medicine. He was in the hospital nearly in a coma before we had any idea.
And the hospital bill costs way more than any meds.
$500? To stay alive? The U.S. is seriously evil
This is sick I have 3 inhalers and they cost me nothing....oh right Im Canadian...Prayers to this family and all who loved this young man.
So, you're a Canadain but don't know how to correctly spell the name of your country? Mmmkaaay....
@@nymeria7239I would take making a typo over having to spend $500 on an inhaler. This is not the gotcha you think it is.
No one cares about your crummy universal sick care in Canada. Fact is the cost of pharm in the U.S. is astronomical and that is what needs to be fixed along with the general cost of our sick care. User based charged would probably change a lot of bad habits in this country, Those with a chronic health issue since birth or those of us who never get sick shouldn't pay through the nose for others poor choices. Absolutely hear nothing but bad things about the universal care in the other countries.
Then you are on government assistance or have really good RX coverage through your employer. Advair is roughly the same cost in Canada and preexisting conditions aren't covered by a lot of insurance companies if you purchase privately and aren't part of a group plan.
@ Not looking for any "gotcha" - I just find it strange that someone can't spell the name of the country in which they were born - (its like spelling your own name wrong!) and they don't seem to have the same annoying spellcheck that the rest of us do.
This young man had his whole life ahead of him. This is heartbreaking.
That's insane, why is it this costly? The taxes should be paying for those. My condolences for the family...
Rent or inhaler? Cant have both in THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Exactly! I was thinking’s that he should just move into a homeless shelter and he would still be alive right now!
@@c.carter7219He should have moved back with his parents. Why a homeless shelter when he has parents!?
Welcome
Asthma is a disabled.
I’ve had to make the same decision. I can’t afford Breo maintenance inhaler so I’m using albuterol ampules in my nebulizer daily to save money. It’s much cheaper.
And people wonder why Luigi Mangione is being hailed a hero.
I don’t wonder at all…..🙏
Right FREE LUIGI MAGIONE this is crazy yoooo I that family wins this loss suit because that’s crazy
If u notice, THAT story got squashed REAL FAST! They doin EVERYTHING to make him disappear but I have a feeling the whole country is on code with that story. Lets see where they get the jury from. I pray his attorneys have their eyes wide open and choose carefuly. Just sayin...! Signed: (POTUS by King Dean44) its on the toob!
Commented this exact sentiment before I saw your post……..
Did it save this boy though? Nah. Same cycle continues and Luigi is forgotten.
I am sooo very sorry! It is an outrage!😢
In Sweden we pay about 250 US dollars a year for ALL medicins. After that EVERYTHING is FREE for the rest of the year. And all healthcare is totally free for kids under 20 y.o. and all prescribed medicins are totally free for kids under 18 y. o.
For all kinds of healthcare you pay about 25$ per visit at a doctor. And when/if you've reached about 140$ the rest of ANY kind of healthcare the rest of the year is totally free. Only exception : if you stay/live at a hospital for some time you need to pay about 10$ a night for your bed/room. But that includes 3 meals a day, so....
As an example my three childbirths costed me about 25 $ (with two of them I had already reached the maximum healthcarefee, so everything was free) and 40 $ for 2 nights stay with each of the two of them plus 60 $ for one of them, where I had to stay a little longer at the hospital due to the c-section (which was included in the 25$ doctorsfee). So as a total for my three children ; 125 $ which included 10 nights at the hospital.
Ambulance is ALWAYS free.
I have also had cancer multiple times, with multiple surgeries and chemo and other treatments, and plastic surgery to restore my chest area. Only paying 140 $ a year.
The american way is mindblowing to me.....
💔💔💔
I pay over twice that amount every month for all 12 months in the US and I’m a disabled Vet! Several years ago , I had one prescription go from $400 per month to $1,700 per month and I had to get of it cause that was most of my disability pay and insurance refused to pay. Life has been downhill since and now I just pray every night is my last cause I’m so miserable
@1982MCI ............ I don't know what to say......... I'm in tears over your comment.........
Please hang in there. 💔 I care about you. And surely there are others to my friend . Sending you Love and Strength through the cyberweb. ❤️❤️❤️
@ thank you but I just don’t know how long I can continue. Docs don’t want to do anything anymore and after 15 surgeries and 20 years of care, they washed their hands and said they were done. The amazing thing tho is my mothers name is Rose Marie but I lost her to the Fauci vaccine June 21, 2021. I didn’t get to go to her funeral cause I couldn’t travel due to emergency surgery on me and it’s extremely difficult to swallow. Maybe she’s trying to send me a message through you
@@1982MCIleave America and go to Canada, at least they will offer you euthanasia, not joking. America is rife with greed particularly the pharmacy industry.
@1982MCI I actually for real think that she is.
She never left you, you know. She is okey, and she is watching over you. She's right there with you. ❤️ And I DO think she just sent you a message and all her love via me. Might sound crazy to others, but I just feel it...
Here in Brazil that inhaler costs around 30 reais (around 6 usd)
people are also frequently murdered for their phones there
@@derpdiggler7413so ? Your point in this
@@derpdiggler7413 same here in the US
@@derpdiggler7413 sorry he means EVERY OTHER COUNTRY ON EARTH you idiot lol
@@cheesehead4209 at least they don't go bankrupt from the hospital stay after the stabbing. Pay no attention to every other safe western country and their free healthcare lol America truly is a third world country
This is why people LOATH, DESPISE & HATE insurance companies.
*Deny, Delay, Depose.*
Exactly!
Free Luigi!
They are baffled why that happened. They have excellent insurance that WE pay for....
This is heartbreaking.
It’s more than heartbreaking. It’s criminal. OptumRx is a subsidiary of United health care, Luigi Mangione‘s, object of obsession.
Let me get this straight? My Son doesn't have enough money to buy his medications, so he dies and since he dies, I want the drug store to give me money. What kind of logic is that? He was a gamer.......stayed up all night streaming on line gaming.......I missed the part about the job that the boy had or work? Why didn't he have 500 bucks for the drug? Why didn't the parents help him buy the drug? This is merely to absolve the parents of guilt......they are guiltily of not helping their son....so they have to blame someone else. The parent's say he was "independent" and they told him to "ask questions". Clearly, the Parents didn't ask enough questions, like oh, I don't know, maybe they could have asked him, "Are you taking your meds?"
Insurance is a business, the pharmacies are greedy. This is just heart breaking.
I just passed on getting my inhaler filled. It was almost $400, as a senior citizen on a fixed income. No way I can afford that.
Go to the Er and get a Rx card by the ER regristration window and it will take 80 percent off! Be blessed.
@@gxngway4749❤
@@gxngway4749 RX cards don’t cover all meds. He needed to ask the pharmacist of there was an alternate. Would have needed to contact his doctor’s office for a new/different RX and/or samples to cover his needs temporarily. Sounds like he didn’t know how to navigate the system, which isn’t unusual for a 22 yr old.
huh? u don't have medical or humana?
Ask your pharmacist to call your insurance company and find out which medication is covered and then have the doctor change it to that. There are always more affordable options. Unfortunately, in the United States patients on Medicare aren’t not eligible to use manufacturers coupons to lower their co-pays. Makes absolutely no sense to me when these are the people who are on limited incomes and most likely can’t afford these high co-pays.
This is just terrible that a young man died because of expensive asthma medicine.
The pharmacist SHOULD have provided the generic of his medication and checked with his physician about alternative options.
There are a lot of preventatives that do not have a generic yet
Once again there are no generic daily steroid maintenance inhalers. Albuterol is the only generic - but it is a RESCUE inhaler . Most asthma suffers need othe a daily maintenance steroid inhaler + a RESCUE inhaler like Albuterol for emergency attacks.
That's a big problem with greedy pharma. Many do not provide generics for Asthma meds.
@@carole2403xqv1thats not true. Advair Diskus, Symbicort, Breo Ellipta, Advair HFA, and may others are all available as generics. The main issue is having the doctor prescribe one that is covered by rhe insurance.
Pharmacy's are so short handed and battling insurance companies so are the doctors
as a retired RN....not an MA claiming to be a nurse, or all the other professions, but as a retired nurse, i can assure you, its the govt first priority to keep you sick and disabled. if they wanted us healthy they wouldnt be lying to patients on the daily, constantly giving meds for off label reasons instead of the actual med that works, and billing your insurance for costs that you never benefit from. the notes say they educated you, talk about all the things, when you were really in there for 5 minutes, didnt discuss much at all, got dismissed, and sent on your way. meanwhile you were billed for a lvl 3 visit, the most expensive kind. its sick. and its why i retired. you will not pay me to play a part :) good luck fellow citizens!
Also retired RN…I agree!
I'm glad you mentioned The NOTES - people, always READ the notes your health providers enter after you leave (usually by the following day) as they can start out "Once upon a time" & end up on "Happily ever after" with everything in between being a fairy tale.
@@DonnaleaSpencer im currently trying to find a way to sue them for falsifying information! not one doc mentioned anything to me about a few things on my "problem list". they just bill for it and think we wont request the notes and find out. this should be illegal in so many ways.
@ it’s like a checklist and BS and says nothing!
My insurance did the same...My medical cost jump from $8.00 to $500.00 start this year.
Our country has gone down the toilet over the years. So sad.
And it's not coming back, judging by the quality of the leadership and the cult followers!! They made America SICK again!
Is there a way to legally buy medical supplies and medications online and have them shipped from other countries??
@@trophyscene5015 You can order them from Canada and Mexico with a legal prescription... oh wait... those prices might be going up soon.
@@trophyscene5015 The way things are here....."Yes", but you most likely will be fined/arrested.
Started with Ronald Reagan, but lots of people really loved Reagan. Unfortunately, when people / citizenry become willing participants in their own extinction there's not much one can do.
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.
But but but Obama care 😂
Obama care is a market place for insurance it has nothing to do with this in fact because it's a preexisting condition he would have been denied insurance before the ACA .
And if you die you have to shill thousands to get buried or burned
@@libertybell1574 Willie you obviously know nothing about the ACA .
Yep
it sounds like the health insurance company killed this man, hmmm...... this is why we need UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE
this makes me sooooo sad
US Healthcare is a joke. Free Luigi.
Free Luigi to go "Off" Trump n Elon.
@@D.Townsend-r8q
Is that a terrorist threat?
Trump caused this
Trump just raised the price of medicine.
A true hero trump must pardon him free him.
What a beautiful young man. He looks like his mother. This is beyond horrible.
advair is not an emergency inhaler that’s ventolin. it makes me sad that he hadn’t talked to his parents or his doctor about not being able to afford it because asthma is horrific
So preventable.
Exactly. This will definitely make dumb ways to die dudes RUclips short
I live in Venezuela , in a country that is considered the worst in the world . I purchase my albuterol over the counter for $5 .
We in the USA get to pay more, so you can pay less. That's how the international prescription drug marketplace works. Every discount must be countered by an overcharge.
@@unclesmrgol What utter crap. Other countries governments actually care about their peoples health and subsidize a lot of medicines so the people can afford it. In the US you govt does not subsidize and allows the big pharma to charge whatever you want. Other countries Govt controls a lot of the costs. Don't think that your suffering so others can afford things, that's just a load of crap.
@@unclesmrgolhow can u be so low IQ?
@unclesmrgol You blame others for everything, and the same time you elect or the one guy that cares about profit than people. Everything you put in your post is wrong and laughable, which is an indication of how good your education system too
@@belgnbor Actually it's not the government who does this. It's the insurance companies and hospitals who inflate the prices of the meds and services. Most of those meds are very cheap and services don't cost so much. You can check the real prices of those medicine online.
This is one of the millions of people UnitedHealthcare is harming.
Disgusting!!! I am so sorry. 😞
This could be anyone’s child! This should infuriate every American Citizen! So very sorry for this families loss! This should not have happened! 💔😭🙏
Sadly there are a lot of Americans without adequate medical coverage.
this is murder~~~ pure murder. we need to treat our citizens with love and respect, what has happened?!
One could say Walgreens sucks, but then again, I haven't found a pharmacy that doesn't.
My pharmacy is terrific!!! 😊 This is so sad.
Eliquis is $475. at CVS this month to pay for the deductible. (All at once). Last year the monthly amount was $40 with a balloon payment of $80 in December. Totally ridiculous as many ppl take this pill.
thats it. its the annual deductible. nobody was screwed over, its the same for everyone
Someone was unable to get a medication they needed to stay alive. That is most definitely a case of being S'd over. Even if it happened to everyone, which it obviously doesn't since some have far more money, it would still be bad.
My husband just got put on Eliquis. $340 deductible, $47 for one month. I haven't had a chance to price check. But I will before another month goes by. We are on a Medicare advantage plan. I will also have better questions for the doctor at the one month recheck. We have always saved money, even on our social security and no pension. We have a cushion for what life throws at a person. Young people often do not have a cushion built up yet.
@@paulet3682 buy from canada or out of country elsewhere. i've heard israel from one dr as an example but i'm sure there are others. my mom has to get inhalers from canada.
Typically, prescriptions should be covered independently from the rest of your coverage. What plan do you have?
I want them to get millions. I know it won’t bring their son back but I’m tired of these companies robbing us
Greatest country in the world.
Yeah, keep telling yourself that America.
And I'm a veteran, so don't give me any flak. I know how America works.
Name a better country and Im sure theres a trade off. I bet drugs are cheap in China
No flak from me!
i think it was about the time when we started to allow corporations to sneak into their terms and conditions that we agree to be brainless and soulless zombies in exchange for convenience that someone should have questioned the direction we were headed...
Thank you for your service 🙏
Sorry…those days are gone….we’re not the ‘Greatest Country in the World’ anymore……..we’ve completely fallen from that as of Jan 20, 2025!
😢Such a tragic loss... because Multi Billionaires are greedy AF. Shareholders value profits over people. Yet, they say they are prolife... shame
They are pro forced birth, not pro life . big difference.🤨
My brother is a pulmonologist. He told me that one out of ten asthma patients WILL die of an asthma attack even under the constant care of a specialist MD and staff! Asthma is a very complex disease. These deaths are common! It’s not just the expense loss of just one inhaler. It takes a competent team of specialty MDs, nurses, respiratory therapists, dietitians and overall health professionals to keep these patients alive and well! Even psychiatrists are needed to help with the stress of these attacks and help to prevent any emotional or environmental triggers!
One inhaler didn’t cause this beautiful young man’s death! It’s our rotten health care system that failed this man.
This is why Medicare for All is needed in the US. There should not be profit in healthcare
@@monarnyc
Hi Medicare will not pay for Advair! Only the generic and it's expensive!
My condolences to this family for losing their son. It’s 2025, his death was so preventable. There are so many other asthma meds that are cheaper and easily available to prevent such a tragedy. Can’t believe they could charge such an outrageous amount for one disk - an outdated medication here in Seoul. I grew up in Texas and was diagnosed with asthma when I was a teen. I used to be allergic to everything - cats, rabbits, birds, certain breeds of dogs. Then I moved to Seoul and realized how much cheaper my asthma medication was even without insurance. Now I’ve been living asthma free for decades by taking only two pills and one puff from a special inhaler daily. No one but an asthmatic knows that helpless feeling when your body betrays you and takes away your ability to take in air. It’s the most agonizing seconds until you can finally breathe in a few puffs. I can totally imagine how the last seconds must have been for Cole. That’s why it breaks my heart cuz he knew at some point, getting that next breath of air wasn’t going to come and his last moments would have been sheer panic. He had his whole life ahead of him. This wasn’t a car accident or something out of our hands. This was sheer greed. His family should make them pay dearly for robbing their son of life.
Well said!
I have asma too. Shame on all of them. Just imagine how he felt😢
I have to pay for my inhaler I feel so bad for him and his family. This is so sad his was so young.
We need universal healthcare in America. Prescription prices should be negotiated at a national level and Americans should not be paying any more for a drug than it costs in other western countries. Americans are getting screwed on health care prices.
what a tragic and preventable loss, the people behind this better lose every single fucking penny, RIP Cole you didn't deserve this
Something similar happened to my stepdad about a month ago. He turned yellowed and had to be admitted to the hospital, they said a tumor (likely cancer) on his pancreas had caused a valve in his liver to collapse so they put in a stint. When he was finally got to come home, we went to fill the 2 prescriptions (30 day supply) they sent home with him, they were over $800. $800+ fucking dollars. Who the hell can afford that?! We couldn't.
Sue the pharmacology corporations.
Why didn’t he get a second job?
I strongly believe that the pharmacy is also complicit. This is a mess in America when it comes to healthcare
@@BarbaraBJames he could have gotten another job or do like an OnlyFans. He didn’t want to try hard enough!
With what money?
@@KaLee-ml1ksis that an attempt at sarcasm? Bc it’s not funny.
Australian here. The Australian Government has for about sixty or seventy years now negotiated with drug companies as part of the philosophy of caring for the health of all the population (and not just citizens) in the form of the PBS (Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme) where prescription medication is heavily subsidised according to need and even without being needy. The price our government pays for pharmaceuticals is bargained fairly with the drug companies and we have a government-sponsored single payer system. It seems to work ok but we need to improve it. We do observe the sometimes outrageous prices Americans have to pay for some pharmaceuticals and commiserate. To some extent the American public is subsidising global pharmaceutical sales. This is not right.
Biden had begun this process and Sanders is now talking about it with Asthma meds. Obamacare works well, but most people don't know how to use it. US Healthcare is the worst insurer, being very crooked and frequently under Federal investigation.
Unfortunately donald trump has reversed Joe Biden's orders that allowed negotiations between the pharmaceutical companies and Medicare/medicaid recipients and left it up to the drug companies - trump also repealed the Biden order that put caps on things like inhalers and insulin etc..at just $35 - So now there is no limit and they can charge whatever they want - We were actually making progress (not even close to enough), thanks to Joe Biden and since trump took office 3 weeks ago, we've been set back 20+ years - Not just with healthcare but everything - This is a tragedy on so many levels and unfortunately, this is only the beginning - I am sorry for this Wisconsin family and for all American families that are suffering under our current healthcare system - It's all about greed here and if you're middle/lower class, there is no out for us when it comes to healthcare - it's literally - pay your bills or treat your health condition - And yet, those same Americans put this guy back in office - And we could be free from outrageous health costs, if we followed Canada or Australia's system - But their greed does not allow them to - Sorry I went on for so long, i'm just outraged by this preventable death and am so tired of fighting a losing battle - How the US was the "envy" of the world for the last 50 years is beyond me - I'm glad that people are finally seeing the reality of our country and we don't stand for what we say we do, not as a whole anyway - If I was in any of the amazing countries/continent such as Canada, France, U.K., Japan, Australia, Ireland etc.., then I'd be happy as a clam and feel grateful that I wasn't a part of the USA...
Healthcare doesn’t actually care.
What’s the point of having “the best healthcare system in the world” if no one can afford it? Even second rate healthcare is better than NOTHING. Can we all agree to enact single payer?
The best healthcare system?? 😂they always tell you lies go to travel more!!!!! So you can see all the lies they tell you . Norway, Sweden, Taiwan , Netherlands, Germany, South Korea . They are. The TOP OF THE TOP IN HEALTHCARE and others that I can’t remember.. please travel more.
I worked in healthcare for years as a lawyer/administrator for three different health plans, the last of which was a not-for-profit health plan with an exclusive contract with an integrated healthcare delivery network. The first two were for profit, large corporate health plans. I saw situations like this young man’s with the two for profit health plans, i.e., serious life threatening denial of care situations (on multiple occasions, but fortunately not resulting in death although some situations resulting in serious health complications). I did not experience these situations while working for the not-for-profit plan (where I worked for 11 years). In my view, the biggest problem with the U.S. healthcare system is that most of the key players in it (hospitals, health plans/insurers, PBMs, etc.) are large, for profit corporations. Their primary obligation is to their shareholders to ensure continuing profitable performance. It is not to ensure available and accessible necessary medical care to the people enrolled in those health plans. It is also a very inefficient system. There are simply too many of these for profit players carving up the system, each trying to extract their bit of profit. This results in too many unnecessary administrative layers with concomitant administrative costs. The “free market system” in the case of healthcare delivery does not result in an efficient allocation of resources. The U.S. system is not the best in the world because it leaves too many behind, is too costly, in too often results in needless death .
@@natmurray3391 no one tells you when you’re a kid, that America is Capitalism FIRST before democracy. The money and the corporations are what matters. Capitalism answers all your questions about why our healthcare is so unjust. It’s unjust but it makes the corporations a huge profit. That’s the only goal. This nonsense about treating patients and serving customers is just that. It’s nonsense to the corporations and the politicians. They’re like the old snake oil salesmen of the Wild West days.
@@LizyGMar I can't travel. I can't even go to the grocery store without ending up sick. They're spreading a bad flu virus now.
Oh, retired RN…..one thing 40 years in Nursing has taught me is we do NOT have ‘the best healthcare system in the world’! Most Doctors, hospitals, medical facilities only care about getting rich……even the church owned ‘nonprofit’ ones!
Justice For Cole, FREE LUIGI ✊
This is so sad..that poor young man should not have had to die because he couldn't afford the increase. 500 is way too much for an inhaler! I pray that this family gets justice! This county has a horrible healthcare system! Our healthcare system is based on greed! ..😩😡🙏🏿
Yeah can we have our government focus on issues like this instead of ethnic cleansing and eliminating diversity?
um NOPE. not unless we get 45 out of office.
And the whole time watching this...I wonder who they voted for!
😂😂 it's so funny it's not 😭😭
One of the very first things Trump did on day one was sign an order that raised the prices on prescription medications!
@@sallyprzybil2404 For seniors he removed the 35 dollar co pay on insulin, 2,000 dollar cap on prescriptions, and 35 dollar co pay on Farxiga. It will increase cost on both medicines by about 5,000 to 7,500 dollars per year. The irony is how many people affected by these prices voted for him. Only billionaires get richer.
Inhaler are free in France, inhalers cost are really cheap. Why is it so expensive in the States? Just crazy.
I think it's the same with the Epi-Pens. In Canada Inhalers and Epi-Pens are free as well.
WTF is wrong with the system these days, how could an inhaler cost $500.00, it’s 80% air.
This is so sad. Shame on the pharmesutical companies
In Europe the healthcare insurance pays for Asthma medication. 500$. The USA should be ashamed!
I use an inhaler. Times that I have not been able to get to my inhaler have left me in extreme pain as I began to pass out. True panicking and squirming in agony. This must have been a hard death and I am so very sorry that this young man had to go through this. I wish you luck in your legal battles. The greed of insurance companies is un-American and evil.
Good sue all the way up! Retired RN after 40 yrs. So horrific 😢
So tragic. I can’t believe that beautiful young man died because of USA’s lousy medical programs. So sorry for his family. EVERY PERSON WOULD PAY $5.00 to save their life.
I definitely would have given this young man $5.00 towards their medication. My husband has to depend on his life-saving asthma medication as well. This nightmare has to stop
And big pharma gets richer and richer.
Nobody is feeling safer, nothing is great, nothing is cheaper….
And many miserable insecure trolls below are proofs of it
I feel safer, and everything is great…..🤷♂️
it's been a week bud, calm down.
You think this has anything to do with Trump? Quit sniffing the glue, genius 😂
i feel much safer, and things are going to be great. its been a single week. after 4 yrs of this, you guys are crying that its not different in a week... honestly feel bad for yall for being so blind.
@@stephenbustos on day 1 trump removed the caps for prescription medicine for medicare and medicaid so your grandparents medicine just got more expensive. you don't care, though.
I have been saying for years our healthcare system is not pro-life which is why I will be voting Dem until we get a government ran system like Canada or England.
Um you know Dems run on NOT being prolife right? And Canadas health system has its own problems and the NHS is a DISASTER, as told by the English themselves. Genius over here. 🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️
The government cares least of all. Big goverment/big pharma are all in it together to make big bucks of the taxpayer's back. They don't want cures as treatments bring in the money. Cures are suppressed or bought out. It's all the same too, Republican/Democrat, makes no difference it's just theater to keep the 99% divided thinking the 1% (this includes the goverment) gives a sh!t about them.
Good luck with that.
If you truly believe any politician on either side is out to help us, you are a fool
@@spiralrose Overall the Canadians and British like their healthcare and especially compared to ours. There is nowhere to go but up from our horrific healthcare system
I’m Canadian and I am able to afford 3 different inhalers after pneumonia. This is heartbreaking. I’m so sorry to his parents 💔
Shame on you America.
Shame on the drug and insurance companies to be more accurate, but our system of no controls does suck
It’s a greedy hellscape, this America.
I have severe asthma (E-asthma). I have to get monthly NUCALA shots which are around $5,000 a month. My insurance and NUCALA payment assistants pays for all of it. My steroid inhalers are around $350, my insurance covers most of the inhaler. US insurance sucks. Nobody should die because they can’t afford there meds of can’t get insurance
If you don't mind me asking where do you live? 😊
Advair and Wexla weren't covered 3 years ago when I had Optum Rx. I went 2 years without a maintenance inhaler. Both were in the $300 range for a 1 month supply.
Same with Symbicort... freaking ridiculous
I get advair or equivalent for free, I would give it away since it is only for my throat and not my lungs. I don’t like swallowing it for my esophagus issues.
Why haven't you or the pharmacy asked that a covered medication be prescribed?
Sounds to me like you did okay without it 🥱
I think optum rx sucks but I'm pretty sure it's the insurer that decides which meds are covered.
To the young man's family: very sorry for your loss, and thank-you for sharing your story.
FYI: Optum RX is part of United HealthCare/Deathcare.
🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 so grateful here in Canada, my son, and all other kids get these inhalers NO CHARGE🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
That’s no true at all
Unfortunately in America people don’t have appropriate health insurance!!!!
Of course its true you dimwit! Universal Healthcare! What the richest country in the world deserves!
We love Canindia!!!!🇮🇳🇮🇳🇨🇦🇨🇦
@@StephenRoss-po1rp yes it is!!!!!! so do I!!!!!! you don't know what you are talking about!
My son needs this medication to live. And we're supposed to hate Luigi, right?
Oh my this is so so sad. I understand what it's all about. I lost my health insurance when my husband passed and I went months without my inhalers. I am so sorry for your loss
My niece is 7 years old and already has one too. I can’t imagine!! Horrific and heartbreaking.
Asthma disabled
Make America Greedy Again. I'm ashamed of this country right now.
I hate this country right now.
Only the beginning. The new administration will make it worse across the board. Sickening.
Luigi's reasoning.
Luigi saint of health care.
about everyone's reasoning, tbh. it's why almost everyone agreed that he is our modern day robin hood.
It's called living in America.
Asthma is disabled.
This is absolutely devastating. My heart goes out to his family. I hope this preventable catastrophe gets a lot of attention - everyone needs to see this, including everyone who works at a pharmacy. This should be a part of their training.
People have been talking about this for decades and it's worse. We need more than talking.
$5 here for 3 months for inhalers and in a lot cases they are free. We are a country of under 5.5 million. What are you guys doing wrong over there?
Honestly, I think people going for "premium" insurance is a big problem, my gf and I (both American) have an HMO and we never have any issues like this, she pays $9 per month for her meds, the total price covered each month is about $650 and all our Doctor's visits are fully covered too.