| Many families in America have been
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| | more than $12,000 out-of-pocket towards
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| affected by medical bills and costly
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| | his treatments and medication. Frank has
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| prescription medications associated with
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| | also had to finance several of the
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| Serious Illness. People say that you
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| | treatments he has taken.
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| can't put a price tag on human life, but
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| | Despite Frank's apprehension towards his
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| can you reach the point where you are
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| | high health care costs he plans to
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| just preventing the inevitable? Where
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| | continue to fight the cancer to be true
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| holding on for just a few years or months
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| | to his families wishes. "I told him the
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| is going to produce years of financial
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| | best thing that we could ever have is him
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| hardship on your family?
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| | alive," said Liliani Beck (Franks
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| As horrible as it seems, there are people
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| | daughter), to USA Today. Frank walks 2
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| who have and will be faced with a
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| | miles a day to keep his strength up and
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| decision such as this one. Experts at
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| | stay in the best shape possible.
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| the Medco Drug Trend Report say that in
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| | Health care costs are hard to combat
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| the last year the cost of biotech drugs
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| | because the United States is the only
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| to treat serious or terminally ill
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| | modern country that does not have price
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| patients rose 22%. Even with a good
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| | controls on their prescription
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| health care provider or Medicare,
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| | medication. Alan Holmer, the president
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| patients can easily spend over $10,000 in
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| | and CEO of Pharmaceutical Research and
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| the first year on prescription
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| | Manufacturers of America says, "The
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| medication. According to a report in the
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| | principal problem with price controls is
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| journal Cancer, one in five patients miss
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| | you have limitations on access to
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| or delay treatment because of financial
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| | medicines, and you don't have the newest
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| complications and if uninsured, nearly
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| | most innovative treatments." But when
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| 70% miss or delay treatment and 43% went
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| | asked in a report by ABC's John McKenzie,
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| without vital medication.
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| | "representatives of the pharmaceutical
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| Frank Beck is 62 years old and is
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| | industry could only identify eight drugs
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| suffering from an advanced form colon
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| | not available on Canadian shelves, and
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| cancer that usually claims its victims in
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| | three of those are contraceptives." On
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| less than 2 years. In an interview in
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| | top of not having price controls, the
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| USA Today Frank said, "You add all these
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| | pocket books of American drug companies
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| things up and you say, how can I justify
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| | are so deep, they have a heavy influence
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| that? Am I taking money away from
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| | on the laws that are passed. Even Dan
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| everybody else just so I can be around a
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| | Burton, the state representative from
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| little longer? ...My children tell me I'm
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| | Indiana said, "There's no question in my
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| worth it, but I don't know." Frank cost
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| | mind that the (FDA) is too dependent on
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| his health care plan and family more than
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| | the pharmaceutical industry for their
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| $150,000 in his first six months of
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| | attitudes and decision-making.
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| therapy and estimates that he has paid
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