I’ve been part of the multiple sclerosis (MS) club for 20 years—and I never even asked to join. I don’t think any of the other members particularly wanted to join either, yet here we are paying dues regardless.
One of the biggest membership dues we pay to this club has nothing to do with what the illness does to our bodies. It has everything to do with the war we wage to get necessary care.
As an MS patient, I am all too aware of the commodification of my disease. MS is a cash cow for drug companies. Many MSers, understandably, think that big pharma is less interested in curing MS and more interested in profiting from this autoimmune condition.
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