My wife has several medical issues and we have been bankrupted three times by medical bills. Mind you we have always had some of the best insurance you can buy and our household income before medical expenses is well above middle class. We also pay for my parents medications and co-pays because they cannot afford it and would literally be dead if we did not.It's just crazy, I'm in Canada and here it's considered a very expensive medication.
Each time I went to my pharmacy you could see the face of the cashier that said : what the fuck this is so expensive
And also each time I got asked : you don't have insurance for that?! Poor you that's very expensive to pay out of pocket
Reason why? Because most people get out the pharmacies here with like a 5$ receipt
It's not even cheaper because the government pays for it (because they don't as much as I know). US just gets ripped off and fucked hard just because Elli Lilly can
Our system is really terrible because congress will not get their partisan asses together and pass something to keep the drug and healthcare companies from killing us.