I had to come on quickly and excerpt this . Those of us with chronic ilnesses have enough stress already without shouldering the blame for medical costs rising.

"The issue boils down to this: Are those with chronic conditions one of the primary causes of an almost unfathomable increase in healthcare costs and the corresponding jumps in health insurance costs? "

"Too, why must drugs be so expensive in the U.S.? I understand the need for R&D(research and development), but I ask Big Pharma not to hide behind R&D as to why they charge high prices for their drugs. One reason is the outrageous amount of money spent on promotion for drugs we usually don't need for conditions we never knew that we had and probably could survive without knowing that we did have them. Pharmaceutical companies spend nearly double on promotion than that of R&D. Let me repeat that: for every dollar of R&D money spent, Pharma spends almost two dollars on marketing.  Yet, for those wearing the Scarlet letter for whatever chronic illness they have, rest assured you are not the sole or even primary cause for the astronomical cost of care."

 -excerpted and edited from :

Guilt By Association: Who Is To Blame For Rising Healthcare Costs?

by Beth McNamara

Beth McNamara

Caregiver

Son living with Type 1 diabetes

I am the mother of three sons, Rob (13), Jeremy (11), and Duncan (7)....

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Let us all remember who is responsible for healthcare costs being astronomical . Keep fighting. If we are not part of the solution , we are part of the problem -soulight