COMING UP IN A LITTLE BIT. >> > > OK. THANK YOU A LOT, LISA. >>> > > > A BIG GROUP ASSEMBLING ON THE COMPANY WORKPLACES OF UNITED HEALTH CARE TO PROTEST PRESCRIPTION PRICES. [CHANTING]> > > THIS WAS THE SCENE JUST ABOUT AN HOUR AGO IN MINNETONKA. THEY SAY THAT THE HIGH RATES FOR MEDICATIONS ARE JUST UNDERHANDED. MARIELLE MOHS IS LIVE THERE WITH MORE ON THEIR MESSAGE AND ALSO HOW THE BUSINESS IS RESPONDING TO THIS.
ELLE. >>> > Reporter: SUSAN-ELIZABETH, AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE IS SOMETHING THAT'' S ESSENTIAL TO INDIVIDUALS OF ALL KIND, BUT THE MILITANTS THAT MET BELOW TODAY OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED HEALTHCARE STRUCTURE HELP ORGANIZATION. AS WELL AS THEY SAY THOSE CLIENTS THAT HAVE HIV-AIDS ARE DEALING WITH EXPENSIVE DRUG PRICES THAT ARE HAMPERING THEM FROM SEEKING CARE. THE MILITANTS INFORMED ME THAT THE GROUP, A PRESCRIPTION SERVICE THAT'' S UNDER UNITED HEALTHCARE IS THROWING DISHONEST COSTS ON SPECIALTY INDEPENDENT PHARMACIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH HIV OR SPECIFIC PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS SEEK CARE.
IN THE INSTANCE OF HIV INDIVIDUALS REQUIRED PRESCRIPTION MEDICINES FROM THEIR PHYSICIAN IN ORDER TO REMAIN HEALTHY AND BALANCED ANDLY. SO NOT HAVING THE COST EFFECTIVE AND ALSO EASILY ACCESSIBLE MEDICAL CARE, THEY WORRY THAT– THERE ARE WAY TOO MANY CONCERNS THAT HAS DRIVEN THIS TEAM TO FLY FROM ALL OVER TO MINNESOTA TO OFFER A VOICE TO THE VOICELESS. >> > > WE DO FEAR THAT PEOPLE WILL CERTAINLY AUTUMN OUT OF CARE BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WHEN PEOPLE HIT OBSTACLES, THEY MAKE CHOICES NOT TO LOOK AFTER THEMSELVES, IF WE MAKE IT TOO HARD. WE MUST BE MAKING IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO ENTER CARE. BUT WHEN YOU'' RE ACQUIRING BILLS YOU WEAR'' T UNDERSTAND, OR YOU'' RE BEING BILLED YOU THINK YOUR INSURANCE SHOULD COVER DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE UPRIGHT MONOPOLY IS TRYING TO SEEK EACH BUCK THAT THEY CANISTER FROM THE COMPONENTS, PEOPLE LOSS OUT OF TREATMENT.
>>> > Press reporter: AND ALSO WE DID OBTAIN An EXTREMELY QUICK ACTION FROM UNITED HEALTHCARE TODAY. THEY SAY THEY FUNCTIONED CAREFULLY WITH MANY HIV-AIDS PATIENTS EACH YEAR, AND THEY HAVE A NETWORK OF OVER 67,000 DRUG STORES THAT PARTICULARLY TREAT HIV-AIDS PATIENTS, AND ALSO THEY STATED THAT THE RATES THAT THEY DEAL ARE CONSTANT WITH THE MARKET RATES. THEY ALSO DISCUSSED THAT THE TIMING OF THIS OBJECTION IS A LITTLE IRONIC TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION TH.