Epoch Times: How the High Cost of Health Care Hurts Patients

Kevin Baker, 23, of Eugene, Oregon, takes medication to control Crohn’s disease. The prescription costs more than $6,500 per month. The medication is under patent, so it’s available from only one manufacturer.

Baker has health insurance, but his insurer refused to pay for the drug. And although the manufacturer provides financial assistance to some patients, the amount changes from year to year.

“It runs out eventually,” Baker told The Epoch Times. “And they don’t always tell you when.” That has left him with unexpected bills up to $2,000.

“There have been times I have to go without medication that I need just to live day to day,” he said.

“I just have a feeling these people in the boardrooms know that I need this, so they can charge me whatever they want.”