As another example, I'm very likely going to be switching to a medication that costs $60,000/year for a variety of reasons. It's slightly elective (my mother h

As another example, I'm very likely going to be switching to a medication that costs $60,000/year for a variety of reasons. It's slightly elective (my mother has the same issue, but has been okay) but highly probabilistic (my situation could be much worse if I don't take it). There are alternative medications, but they involve injections weekly or daily (which I've been doing), don't cost much less, and produce side effects that make it very difficult to work. The kicker? The active ingredient is DMF, which I can buy in bulk for 1000x less. I've looked up the pricing, so I feel like I am applying some amount of analysis in determining that it's worth the cost. But it does feel like, even accounting for need to recover expenses of doing medical trials, this is a bit ridiculous.