My medication costs $150,000 a year
Ruth works for a nonprofit that helps people with disabilities apply for Social Security benefits. She says it’s gotten much harder in recent months due to staffing cuts and long wait times at the agency. Her organization is federally funded, and with grants at risk, so is her job. Ruth also lives with an autoimmune disease and relies on a $150,000-a-year medication. She’s deeply worried that new pharmaceutical tariffs could drive up the cost, putting her health and life in danger.