I don’t get marketing for medication. The doctors will prescribe what you need ffs! I think there are rules for medication marketing in Canada...I could be wrong, but it doesn’t seem like we have nearly as much as on US TV, etc.

I think it’s worth trying non-surgical options while you decide, too. I did physio and, even though it wasn’t going to be nearly enough to help, it actually helped build my back strength for post-surgery because...wow. I have fallen backwards several times while crouching because the positions I would normally be in…

Well that was in US dollars. But it’s not R&d, this drug in its current iteration is 20 years old. It’s increased ridiculously in recent years. Just since July 2015 it’s increased by $150 for us. It’s marketing costs and it’s just plain because they can. My daughter would die within about a day without this drug.…

Why is medication so much more expensive in the US than Canada? People keep saying it’s R&D costs, but it’s literally the same medication here...and our dollar is worth less.

Once we meet the deductible then it drops to $40, that that same insulin would cost about $25 in Canada. The only way I can buy her insulin and pay the mortgage and feed them until around April is because my employer has an FSA (flexible spending account) that funds fully on January 1. It essentially loans me the…

“for insured people.” I don’t understand why there are politicians fighting to keep allowing their own people who elected them in financial ruin.

The number one cause of personal bankruptcy in the US is medical bills for insured people.

I’m going to go in for more tests to find out which nerves are pinched (they are sure I have them somewhere because my feet go to sleep when I have a lot of back pain/push myself too much).

If it helps, I’m jealous of myself, too. I never really though of health care until the entire “death panel” talks started. Then we Canadians got to hear some of the American propaganda and...well, I laughed a lot, but also felt keenly aware of how much I take for granted.

I wrote this in reply to someone else:

How was the reduction? I’ve thought about it because my boobs contribute to shoulder pain/ nerve trouble.

I’m glad you’re doing good!

I pay for my parents’ home care. So it’s $250/month and then the rest is covered by provincial health care. My dad was allowed out of the hospital weeks before he should have been because they have home care that comes by 4 hours a day. (My mom is physically disabled, so she couldn’t look…

Agreed (re: peace of mind).

When we know we’re sick, we go - or a family member drags you to the ER. Because, in the end, money is never something we think about. Losing time off work? Sure. Having to sit in the waiting room? Absolutely. The fear we’re exaggerating? Of course. But the cost? Nah.

As a Canadian, what I think some Americans underestimate is the peace of mind that comes with universal healthcare.

Did they find her eyebrows? School did not tell me she mysteriously lacked eyebrows.

Nike Airs?

I think she’d probably wish that it had been spent on actually finding and rescuing her before she was ripped apart alive by coconut crabs and frigate birds. That might just be me though.

They also found a piece of a plane windshield that matched the design of her aircraft and a shoe in her size and a brand she was known to wear.

I wonder what Amelia Earhart would think about the insane amount of time and money that’s been poured into discovering the exact circumstances of her demise. Probably that it is foolish and that there are far better questions to answer and unknowns to explore than one adventurous woman’s death decades ago.