Real Stories, Real People
Patient Testimonies
High drug prices are killing the people our great country is supposed to protect.
My name is Michael Nielsen and my wife, Jacki, and I live in Bend, Oregon. I am a two-tour disabled Vietnam combat veteran, so my family has health coverage from CHAMPVA. But even with insurance, we’ve had trouble affording Jacki’s medication for chronic hepatitis C. Jacki is currently trying out a new drug, Mavyret, on […]
Patient Testimonies
I’m honored to join the fight to lower prescription drug prices as Executive Director of Patients For Affordable Drugs, a role I began last week For almost four years I’ve watched in awe as P4AD helped thousands of patients stand up for change, their voices growing louder and louder. With every member of my family […]
Patient Testimonies
It would cost me about $32,000 to stay alive for just a single month.
My name is Jay Gironimi and I live in southeastern Connecticut. When I was 9 months old, I was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis. CF affects the lungs and digestive system, making it hard to breathe and eat without treatment. In the mid 80s when I was diagnosed, it was predicted that about half of people […]
Patient Testimonies
It was a huge burden on our family.
My name is Mariah Erby and I’m a high school student from Aberdeen, Maryland. I live with type 1 diabetes and was diagnosed soon after my 5th birthday. My diagnosis came completely out of the blue. After experiencing some severe symptoms like losing weight and constantly feeling thirsty, my mom took me to the hospital, […]
Patient Testimonies
Big Pharma Wants Our Gratitude For Developing COVID-19 Vaccines. They Should Be Thanking Us.
by DAVID MITCHELL Big Pharma is begging for love. Multinational drug corporations want us to give them credit and thanks for the COVID-19 vaccines they are working to bring to market. They want us to overlook the fact that funding from American taxpayers has provided the lion’s share of the money to develop these vaccines. […]
Patient Testimonies
My name is Kip Burgess and I am from Chicago, Illinois. Eight years ago, I was diagnosed with an incurable condition called psoriatic arthritis. Prior to my diagnosis, I had always felt stiffness getting up in the morning, but hadn’t paid it much attention –– until one morning I woke up and was unable to […]
Patient Testimonies
High Prescription Drug Prices Perpetuate Systemic Racism. We Can Change It.
By Tomi Fadeyi-Jones, Chuck Hurley, Gloria Johnson-Cusack, Cal LaRoche, David Mitchell, Nicole Solomon-Mitchell As Democrats and Republicans consider how to deliver on their promises to lower drug prices made during the 2020 election, there’s an important imperative for reform that has gone underreported: High drug prices contribute to poor health outcomes and disproportionately harm Black […]
Patient Testimonies
We don’t have any choice but to figure out how to pay.
My name is Trevor Coyne and I’m from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. My wife, Erica, has lived with rheumatoid arthritis for over a decade and faces astronomical prices for the drug she needs to treat her condition. Erica has taken methotrexate for her RA for years, but her doctor recently advised her to switch to Cimzia because […]