The EpiPen, a device which gives a shot of adrenaline to victims of anaphylaxis, has saved countless lives in our world. However, the price has spiked 400% due to Mylan, a pharmaceutical company, having a monopoly on the drug. This means a family would have to pay $500 or more to have a dollars’ worth of a lifesaving drug (Willingham). The insanely high price of an EpiPen also extends to other spectrums of the pharmaceutical industry. This may sound like the classic ideology of capitalism, but when many Americans do not have health insurance, it creates a problem where they cannot afford to save their own or their child’s life. Many families, in fact, are keeping the medicine past its expiration date, not filling their prescriptions, or simply
