My Wife’s Illness, Medicare, and Negotiated Drug Prices

My wife has relapsing polychondritis. This is how her ear looks in a flare. You can easily see that the part of the ear with cartilage is inflamed. It is fire red.  It feels hot and very sore. The disease is rare and impacts only three out of a million people. This is a deadly chronic disease that killed its victims in five years 40 years ago. It is an …