Ross Files With Dave Ross
Robert Ostrom, The Life-Saving Drug No One Can Afford
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 0:16:02
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Synopsis
Robert Ostrom was happy to retire from his job as a nurse and nurse anesthetist after 20+ years working in operating rooms in Seattle. Then he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. The health insurance he had switched to for his retirement considered the cancer a pre-existing condition, and that's when Robert found out that the life-saving medication he was taking, Zytiga, would cost as much as $11,000 out of pocket, every month. Robert talks with Dave about how he found a workaround, and what he wants other people to know if they find themselves in a similar bind.