COST OF LIVING

Without the treatment he needs, 80 year-old Jim Hill has gone from active to bedridden. He can no longer get the intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) he needs because the government has reduced the amount it is willing to pay for the infusions, apparently to a figure below the treatment's cost – $50,000 a year, or more. Approximately 10,000 elderly patients are in the same situation.

Is it worth $500 million a year to improve the quality of life of 10,000 elderly Americans?

Sadly, no.