Somewhere in the Western hemisphere, a  48-year-old man has a failed liver from drinking too much and is scheduled to receive another liver through a transplant. In the last few years, he has not been able to work and has no insurance but no sweat, there’s Medicaid. So a man who has spent most of his adult life drinking and not working gets another chance at life and this is paid for by people who work hard and pay their taxes.

Cost: $100,000 to $400,000!

Somewhere in the third world, a 5-year-old boy has asthma and is dying. The parents could never afford the albuterol and steroids the doctor prescribed. The boy is in respiratory distress but there no possibilty to support his breathing. He is  going to die…miserably…

Cost of albuterol (MDI): approx. $40.00, Flovent approx. $100.00

Makes you wonder….really wonder….

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