Two newborn twins need a one-dose treatment that would save their lives: Zolgensma, a $2.1M drug. Insurance (also the mother's employer) cut coverage of the drug the day after they were born.
Two newborn twins need a one-dose treatment that would save their lives: Zolgensma, a $2.1M drug. Insurance (also the mother's employer) cut coverage of the drug the day after they were born.
New parents in Kansas City are fighting to save the lives of their newborn twins. They said the boys have a rare genetic disease that will cost the family millions of dollars to treat.
america is so fucking based man
in any proper country that company at least gets forced to pay by the government then ordered to shut down forever due to wanton cruelty. all the employees get generous severance except whoever made that call. depending upon your view of carceral punishment there are a few ways to go with that guy.
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The cut coverage of the drug for everybody or just the mom? There's no reason for the drug to cost this much. They do this on purpose so less lives are saved.
on purpose
How do you know? Wouldn't more people around mean more money for them?
One person, or the few people that are born with this rare disease, are probably not likely to net them an average of more than a few hundred thousand over their lifetime, even assuming they make it to adulthood