I'm just going to leave this here: http://www.drugood.com/2018/07/15/gleevecs-cost-and-price/ http://www.drugood.com/2018/07/15/gleevecs-cost-and-price/ Gleeve

I'm just going to leave this here: http://www.drugood.com/2018/07/15/gleevecs-cost-and-price/ http://www.drugood.com/2018/07/15/gleevecs-cost-and-price/ Gleevec did not take many years at all for Novartis to recover its trivial relative costs and generate billions of dollars of profit for nearly 2 decades. The problem is when you have a disease and there's only one treatment around, you'll literally pay whatever it costs - because not having it means you're dead. These companies then turn around and extract as much money as they possibly can. They're monopolies, pure and simple. I've seen this with my son's diabetes as well. The costs continue to rise (insulin, Dexcom sensors/transmitters, etc.) I've turned down jobs because their health benefits only covered a lousier insulin pump / glucose monitor due to an exclusive agreement with their chosen health insurer. The problem is if you or a loved one isn't sick, this doesn't affect you one damn bit. My dad (an italian-born immigrant) has always complained to me about our healthcare system (and he had a great healthcare plan as a GM employee.) I didn't really paid it much attention because I was young and healthy. Now, quite a bit older and with family members with a variety of health issues, I realized that he (in my opinion) was right.