Hank's Asacol HD price rises from $50 to $620 a month (2011)
story · status: told 2×, last update 2015 · last event: mentioned (2015-11-24)
In January 2011 Hank found the price of his ulcerative colitis drug Asacol HD jump from $50 to $620 a month after Warner Chilcott raised it by more than 1200% overnight; John still cited it in 2015 as an example of US drug-price hikes.
Parts: Hank asks viewers to email Warner Chilcott's CEO, civilly, about the Asacol HD price rise (2011) · Hank asks John to help him think complexly about the Asacol HD price rise in his next video (2011)
Told alongside: Hank: living with ulcerative colitis (2007)
About: Asacol HD, Warner Chilcott, Apriso, Asacol
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-01-24 | told | Hank tells how Asacol HD, offered at $50 a month, went to $620 at the pharmacy when the patient savings card lapsed before its listed April 1st, 2011 expiry, and the help line's mailbox was full. | The 1200% Increase in my Prescription Drug Costs 00:01:02 |
| 2011-01-26 | retold | John recaps that Warner Chilcott raised the price of Hank's Asacol HD overnight by more than 1200%, and later that it went from $50 to $620 a month. → refers to The 1200% Increase in my Prescription Drug Costs | I OWN WARNER CHILCOTT! 00:00:00 |
| 2011-01-28 | update | Hank says Asacol now costs $600 and Apriso's 'pay no more than $25' card still leaves him paying about $150. | Is Hank Green Batman? 00:02:27 |
| 2015-11-24 (happened 2011) | mentioned | John reminds long-time Nerdfighters that in 2011 Warner Chilcott raised the price of Asacol 1200% overnight, as an example of routine US drug-price hikes. | Crime and Outrage 00:02:19 |
What is said about it
6 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2011-01-24 · The 1200% Increase in my Prescription Drug Costs — Hank: After three months on Asacol HD, the pharmacy told Hank the price had gone up: $620 for him, which he calls a 1200% increase in one month. — 00:01:02
- 2011-01-24 · The 1200% Increase in my Prescription Drug Costs — Hank: Warner Chilcott did not try to contact Hank's doctor to work something out before the colossal 1200% increase in the cost of the medication, Hank says. — 00:02:28
- 2011-01-26 · I OWN WARNER CHILCOTT! — John: Warner Chilcott offered Hank its drug for $50 a month and then raised the price to $620 a month, John says. — 00:02:11
- 2011-01-28 · Is Hank Green Batman? — Hank: Apriso, a 'manageable facsimile' of Asacol (now $600), sent Hank a card promising he pays no more than $25, unless the cost exceeds $75; at about $200 he still pays about $150. — 00:02:27
- 2015-11-24 · Crime and Outrage — John notes that the drug whose price Warner Chilcott raised 1,200% overnight is one Hank needs to survive. — video description
- 2015-11-24 · Crime and Outrage — John: Such price hikes are neither new nor rare: in 2011 Warner Chilcott raised the price of Asacol 1200% overnight, and there are dozens of similar examples. — 00:02:19