Real patients.
Real harm.
Real stories.
Patient Protector is a forum for Americans and their friends and families who've faced real harm at the hands of our nation's crumbling (and profit-driven) healthcare system.
Together, our shared experiences can make a difference—they help tell the true, and tragic, story of what it's like to be a patient in America.
Cole was a one-of-a-kind kid... until his life was cut short in January 2024, when he suffered a severe asthma attack after going without his expensive maintenance inhaler for just a few days. His passing was completely preventable, but certainly not the first or last we'll see due to pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) abuse. Read more about Cole's incredible life story here.
The price of insulin, a life-saving drug for diabetics, tripled between 2002 and 2013. Since 2008 three of the top makers raised the list price of insulin at least 10 times."
I've been paying the higher price for a drug that doesn't work as well."
I've only got about 10 years left of my life I figure—I'm 81 years old—my kids, I don't know how they'll be able to afford drugs if they keep going the way they are. We need to get something done so drugs are affordable for people."
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