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You shouldn't have to choose between filling your prescriptions and paying bills | Kiah Williams

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Visit http://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized talk recommendations and more. As prescription drug costs skyrocket in the US, thousands of people are forced to forgo lifesaving medications -- all while manufacturers and health care facilities systematically destroy perfectly good, surplus pills. Kiah Williams shares how SIRUM -- a nonprofit that delivers unused medications to families who need them most -- plans to drive down prescription prices by recycling almost a billion dollars' worth of medications in the next five years. (This ambitious plan is a part of the Audacious Project, TED's initiative to inspire and fund global change.) The TED Talks channel features the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Look for talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design -- plus science, business, global issues, the arts and more. You're welcome to link to or embed these videos, forward them to others and share these ideas with people you know. Follow TED on Twitter: http://twitter.com/TEDTalks Like TED on Facebook: http://facebook.com/TED Subscribe to our channel: /TED TED's videos may be used for non-commercial purposes under a Creative Commons License, Attribution–Non Commercial–No Derivatives (or the CC BY – NC – ND 4.0 International) and in accordance with our TED Talks Usage Policy (https://www.ted.com/about/our-organization/our-policies-terms/ted-talks-usage-policy) . For more information on using TED for commercial purposes (e.g. employee learning, in a film or online course), please submit a Media Request at https://media-requests.ted.com

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@aliciacast9634 years ago Great idea! Sounds like a real problem solver for so many. May this system grow and grow. We really need this. God bless! 11
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@BaltimoreBama4 years ago Really good work youre doing! I know first hand how it feels not to be able to afford your medication and being scared youre not going to make it. Its such a hopeless feeling. 13
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@Nophima4 years ago It' s so unreal that people have to choose between medicine and food/rent. 69
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@kinsmed4 years ago Kiah! I' ve never come closer to wanting to nominate someone for a humanitarian award.
i feel a lot better about donating my old prescriptions now. 3
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@adastraperaspera70984 years ago I been doing it for years. Pre-existing Auto-Immune DIsorer/Mental/BRain PTSD/ADHD yet I'm pushed back due to a wave of New patients crying over job loss or a relationship break up. Not saying anyone's problem is worse than another, but this is a failure in the system. Been pointing me back and forth for years. I gave up on the system. Have a disability hearing soon. Prayers/Vibes welcomed, I send them out to you all regardless. Positive vibes/prayers/thoughts and keep your head up, stay positive as possible, put ego/pride/gree/religion beliefs aside for one second and look at the thing from others' point of view. I'm not depressed or anything yet Doctors are pushing these Anti-depressants, Pysch meds quick and like nothing. .. ...Expand 6
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@haidykamel88384 years ago As a pharmacy intern, i offer people many ways in which they can afford their medications. There are discount programs like goodrx that tell you the cheapest . ...Expand 1
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@PREISINGPRODUCTIONSsince19124 years ago Ultimately, saying that you don' t care about privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different from saying you don' t care about freedom of speech because you have nothing to say.
edward snowden. 62
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@ok_listen4 years ago Sad that we have to clear this stuff in 2020. Greetings from italy. 3
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@julianshepherd20384 years ago I live in scotland and we get free medicine paid for by the tax payer. 10
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@romanleo22814 years ago Is this some usa thing that i am to european to understand? 51
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@joshuanasr52264 years ago Amazing, seeing a problem and acting to solve it instead of just complaining on the internet like 99% of people. Great job! 1
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@bravojr4 years ago Holding medical companies accountable to costs is the solution!
we have seen by example of epinephrine the difference between at cost, and at value, and at markup! 1
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@andrewp42204 years ago So is itthat i pay into health insurance but never use it? Should i get a refund?
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@ddpwe52694 years ago This is awesome, a win-win smart business model that actually helps the people that need it the most! I can' t wait to see how fast/far you guys expand and really hope all states get onboard!
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@sunilsrivastava294 years ago Any branch or concerning office in india. Please explain about this facilities.
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@angelasisneros63784 years ago We need this to happen. Thank you for this.
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@NeillWylie4 years ago I feel so bad for countries who can' t afford medicine. 1
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@hackster274 years ago This is a good idea of giving help to people in need. Want to see this happen in the philippines.
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@queenofweaves9164 years ago I was just talking to a friend of mines last night who cant afford good health insurance and the free health insurance doesnt cover her medication at all. 9
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@aayush_dutt4 years ago Thanks for making the world a better place.
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@daviddylong41244 years ago How often do people overdose on medication and alcohol? How often do people have seizures after a couple of missed doses of medication?
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@jkverity4 years ago This is amazing! Creative logical meaningful humanitarian solutions to the problems caused by the greed and corruption that have been into industries and systems. I want to like this twice and will share it thrice. ...Expand
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@zaaz14714 years ago Great start. Now we just have to elect people that understand the problems andcare about trying to fix them. 8
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@jasepoag89304 years ago That' s gotta suck. I don' t make a lot of money, glad the only thing i depend on is a $5 bottle of zyrtec once a year to keep me going.
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@rictoectol98144 years ago Weird; i have to decide every couple months if im going to live for the next couple months, and make a run out of state to go get cannibus to eat food a we all got problems, and i hope those people (like my parents) can get their meds without having problems.
id just like america to full fill the promises its made to me and my siblings. ...Expand 3
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@meenum4 years ago Is it safe to use shortdated medication?
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@shainemaine12684 years ago I love when you can crack open one of those(sometimes the locks are insane saw-trap things) ugh such a goddamn waste everytime, and there' s always so much i just can' t carry it.
ma' am, you dont have to have " all the answers" to fix our problems. Just keep doing what your*e doing with that organ in your skull, and the future will be a beautiful place. ...Expand 1
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@Hyper-Linkman4 years ago Lets also talk about how the treatment system in the us is a band-aid with no emphasis on prevention or truly reversing any ailments.
diabetes is a rehab facilities are insurance scams, wherein the vast majority operate on the aa model, which is proven to fail except by those with extraordinary willpower or who are readily accepted into the community. They charge people (to their insurance) hundreds to thousands for random drug tests, have full access to excessive prescription drugs that their doctors dish out at their own discretion, and tend to exacerbate peoples mental health issues or outwardly ignore them and gaslight them. Granted, this depends on the treatment facility, but the vast majority are in it for the insurance money, and rich people generally arent going to the ones for people who desperately need help. Addicts need a trusted counselor. Not to be sent off to glorified concentration camps. We need to stop brushing homeless people and addicts under the rug like they dont exist. America ignores all of its problems until they cant be ignored anymore.
its time for change. ...Expand 12
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@christophergruenwald50544 years ago What about all the people who have money for cigarettes, beer, scratch off tickets or drugs, but not money for their bills or medication?
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@Noukz374 years ago The same systematic change should be applied to our food system. It all makes sense once you find out that both the pharmaceutical and the food industry . ...Expand
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@Ambrose_Heria4 years ago I suppose everyone deserves immortality. 1
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@AC-xe6vj4 years ago Yes. Thats why you work hard, be responsible and save money.
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@krodhtal25444 years ago Nice, somebody who believes in something and found a way. This i love about the american spirit. 4
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@thebazgaz4 years ago Americans need to see tax as a good thing, because it is things like healthcare it pays for.
the bill for any medical procedure in the uk to the we all pay tax for the benefit of us all. ...Expand
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@DrFeelGooooooood4 years ago Welcome to ukraine, all prices are fixed to us dollar, average salary about 300-350 us dollars. I buy all my pills, and most of my food in credit (with . ...Expand
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@JamesSmith-rf8wo4 years ago Having to pay for medicines or treatment is unreal to me. Thank goodness i' m in europe. 3
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@TokenBlackman74 years ago Unfortunately, Americans are stuck voting for one of two Presidential candidates that vehemently oppose universal healthcare, in a political apparatus choked by corporate bribery and equally obsequious politicians, despite overall popularity for Medicare4All polling at about 69% (nice!).
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@credenza14 years ago Thank goodness for president trump' s concerted efforts to reduce prescription costs. He has taken this issue on unlike any other president, not to mention his " right to try" order.
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@tomgmaples4 years ago Why has ted focused so much on fgm but never talked about non-consensual circumcision and men' s rights? 3
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@sanlocrip4 years ago Coming from developing country, we now for most of medical procedures don' t even have this problem. Always wonders me how come usa got such a. Third-world cant afford higher education without loan / hella rich
cant afford medical needs without loan / hella rich
gun-violences
gosh, it sucks to not be rich in usa. ...Expand 6
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@owdeezstrauz12684 years ago No, you should have a better than minimum wage job to support a family. Did she just say the average family household pays $3, 0 a year on medications? I call bs! 3
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@trippstephens69344 years ago Thats an arrogant stance. We have to choose to pay for everything or not. Its always the easiest to tell who grew up not having to struggle. Struggle isn . ...Expand 1
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@HoundDogMech4 years ago This is why you better vote for president trump who will lower the cost of all medicines.
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@shravanee50614 years ago People loss
as well as nation loss
it' s really bad
they' re doing great job.
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@oftengone4 years ago Sometimes i think. Should i just move to europe? Everyone here in the us complains all the time but we all do nothing about it. 3
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@anentiresleeveoforeos20874 years ago It' s amazing that even on a topic such as universal healthcare that is widely accepted as the best application of healthcare by economists, medical politicallike health services then suddenly it' sand ted is just pandering to the left, more so when the topic of discussion is something like immigration or economic theory. This woman is literally the co-founder of a medical company specializing in what she is talking about in the video, she is drawing upon examples found in the healthcare systems of the dozens of developed countries sporting universal healthcare that is proven to work, she has years of experience in what she is speaking about and there' s still plenty of dipshits in the comments who' re dismissing her without a second thought. Honestly, imagine being that anti-science. ...Expand 40
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@JadeTrading4 years ago Ask yourself what you will regret not having done at the end of your life.
make a plan and do those things. 3
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@glowtail37444 years ago Ah yes what i needed
me a british person watching. 8
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@timauth4 years ago Its granted not granite. Lol didn' t a movie just recently make fun of that.
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@valeriesanchez30744 years ago Fortunately my insurance covers my medicines. So i can pay bills worry free.
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@davidtop62424 years ago Sounds pretty obvious when you see it from europe.
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@Santo-Capro4 years ago Sounds like ' medicare for all' isn' t that bad after all. But health is wealth, and we must treat it like that. 2
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@TecraTube4 years ago So can' t this argument apply to housing, food, and clothes? Can' t live without any of those too. Why can' t the government just pay for everything for everyone?
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@levmarchuk9984 years ago 101 people: uhh actually they should have to die unable to pay for life saving treatments and drugs. They just should have worked a fifth job with such a condition.
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@Shazistic4 years ago Random fact
the voice actors for mickey and minnie mouse were married in real life.
-the shades. 1
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@QueerCripple4 years ago My monthly income is around $535
my monthly medication cost is around $800. 3
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@philosophicalharmonics34704 years ago Ubi is the only answer. Where' s that yang guy when you need him? 6
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@HarveyJackson19674 years ago Does anyone else think she' s super attractive? 2
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@cnrkenny44724 years ago After a successful investment you have nothing to
worry about, whether the rise and fall of economy or anything won' t affect you, make your future brighter, by making good investment. 44
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@laneromel56674 years ago Us should scrap medicare and government subsidized healthcare. This way no poor people will be able to afford to see a doctor so will have no need for medications.
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@asafgl42814 years ago In the country of all possibilities, treating people like they are trash is allso a possibility, america is interfering in allmost each conflict on planet . ...Expand 1
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@DabarkadsVlogs4 years ago To all people who read this learn to love yourself. It is important that you stay positive all the times because beauty comes from the inside. 1
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@fokjohnpainkiller4 years ago Actual adults: " this video is a waste of my time"
this entire comment section: " wtf is *private health.
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@dilshodbekofficial79474 years ago First comment who liked this by not watching fully. 1
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@AK_Studioz4 years ago Today' s motivation
06/10/2020
tuesday
physician assistant a man asked an artist
" how do you make such beautiful things from stone? " he replied, " beauty is already hidden there.
i just remove extra stone. "
your happiness is hidden within yourself.
just remove your worries.
have a good day ahead. ...Expand 1
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@AK_Studioz4 years ago Take it all away
work like there is someone is working 24 hours a day to take it all away from you.
have a good day ahead. 2
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@ahsmsnd100yearsago24 years ago Is this an american joke im too european to understand. 3
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@thoughtsofaveteran4 years ago Good thing our president is already bringing down drugsayin. 6
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@GhadeerSaleh-nv7fp4 years ago How on earth an american struggles? Control your spending for a couple years then live secured and affluent.
u r living in the greatest spot of just work, minimize your spendings and enjoy this amazing country. ...Expand 3
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@sweetmeat89584 years ago If you need to choose between paying for medications and paying the rent/bills. Then you probably need to get a second or third job.
this is just the only thing i can see is people moaning and complaining about something the want, but they dont make the effort to achieve it.
go work, work hard! No excuses, no complaints. ...Expand
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@gdc47364 years ago If you start living a more healthier life, you may end up spending less with healthcare. 1