I ran across a fascinating bit of data yesterday watching an
enlightening, and validating, lecture posted by a friend deep in the comments on another friends post on Facebook. (Link HERE)
I took a screenshot of one of the slides in the lecture, and
Googled the information to confirm validity.
Oh yes.
It’s real.
Heaven help us. It’s super for real.
I’ve been running the numbers in my head for the past
twenty-four hours, and there is no math on this green Earth that makes these
numbers ok.
I know that Insulin is complicated to make, but it seems as
though the demand is surging the prices, rather than the complexity of it
all. Because let’s face it, the demand
for insulin is only increasing…and that demand is not driven by superfluous wants, but rather by need.
Need to live.
My children need a constant stream of this liquid gold
flowing into their body all day every day simply to stay alive.
Why would the price go down? No one is going to stop using
it because of price. No one that uses it has a choice.
So friends ask me, what is the answer? What can we do?
I wish I were a brilliant mind. My swelly brain can scarcely
process the information my boys are constantly throwing at me, much less answers on how to fix the US Healthcare System.
But here is what I do know:
* I am angry.
* This is not right.
* I’m worried about my boys’ futures.
My boys are entering
adulthood faster than I care to admit. Will they be able to afford one of the
most expensive liquids on Earth to stay alive?
I know that I can’t sit here and think, "It'll all work itself out."
I need to say something.
I need to say something.
We all need to say something.
I will march around banging my pots together as long as I
have to, so I can get more people banging their pots along with me.
I am tired of hearing about Stormy Daniels. (Oh my gosh! I
didn’t even need to Google her name. I’m sick about it.) I am tired of hearing
about Russian probes. I am tired of hearing about how much our President plays
golf. I’m sick and tired of tabloid news and tabloid government.
WE NEED REAL CHANGE, and help, and hope…and our government
is a complete joke. Every Politician is in the back pocket of one special
interest or another, and this is not left or right. Is our government really so corrupt that we can’t look at
the fact that people are dying because they can’t afford their medication?
I’ve always believed that our voices together could excite
change, but our Government and news affiliates are living as a bunch of spoiled
teenagers.
There is no bigger picture, just petty jabs.
The Healthcare System in the United States is not an easy
mess to clean up, so it’s ignored. It's easier to call someone fat, or find something to ruin a reputation than to solve real problems.
If one can’t do hard things, one shouldn’t run for office.
6th most expensive liquid in the world…
On the list with LSD and Scorpion Venom…
But in Canada it’s $30 a vial?
I’ll just leave you with one more screenshot from the lecture and let the silence that follows speak for itself.
