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I hate whining and complaining on here, but I am so frustrated with how expensive it is to get health care in this country! Seriously, we have GOOD health insurance, and still, here I sit, stressed to the max because they do not make a generic version of Pulmicort and my insurance only covers 15 percent of brand names, which is 25 dollars. Every month, for the next however many years. Which I just do. not. have. And it makes me angry that they can even do that! 25$ is 15% of almost 400 dollars! How can they possibly justify FOUR HUNDRED DOLLLARS for 60 little itty bitty vials of liquid? And what if I were one of the millions of americans with NO health insurance, what, my kid just isn't worthy enough to be granted the gift of breathing???? It seriously sickens me to think about it. She has been 3 days without the Pulmicort, meanwhile STILL taking her other asthma medication, and you can already hear her wheezing. I finally called her allergist and they are giving me samples to last us until we figure something out. I know for us it will turn out ok, we have family we can borrow from or something if needed, and for us it is "only" 25 a month, but it just makes me think about those kids who are uninsured or have no access to medication they need, how is that even fair? How can these drug companies sleep at night?? WalMart and other places have started 4$ Rx programs for many drugs, which I'm sure is a lifesaver when people need antibiotics or something, but there are still MANY drugs (including almost all asthma drugs) that are not under that plan because of a lack of generic, and then people are faced with the decision to either not take it, or find 400$ to cover a measley 1 month supply. It makes me want to cry :( I just don't understand how people can be so selfish, knowing they and their company are getting rich at the hands of struggling families trying to help their sick kids.....Sometimes I look at the world and wonder how it could become such a sad place. (though I will add that I try to see the beauty too, there is a budding counterculture of people who are wanting to form community and love one another....)