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

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Health & Fitness, Fitness, Shoshana Ungerleider, Medicine, How To Be Healthier, Ted Shoshana, Ted Talks Health

4.2 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2022

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

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. After the talk hear from radiation oncologist Dr. Fumiko Chino, in conversation with our host Shoshana, on her heartfelt and tireless work investigating the high cost of medical care.

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective
0:08.0	Hi and welcome to Ted Health.
0:10.0	I'm Dr. Shoshana Unger-Lighter.
0:13.0	In today's episode, we'll hear from Kia Williams on her mission to make prescriptions more affordable.
0:20.0	Kia will explain why tons of perfectly good prescriptions end up destined for the landfill
0:25.0	and explain how she's working to reroute them into the hands of patients who need them most.
0:30.0	Then stick around after the talk for an interview with the incredible Dr. Fumago Chino
0:35.0	about her unusual journey into the world of medicine and why she's become a big advocate for affordable treatments.
0:44.0	Hey, it's Adam Grant.
0:46.0	The new season of my Ted Podcast's Work Life is out now.
0:50.0	The past few years have been full of changes to how we work.
0:53.0	There's so much more we can rethink about our jobs.
0:56.0	Join me as I dive into the science of making work not suck.
1:00.0	This season, we'll explore how to fix your meetings, bust pure accuracy, and make the most out of your breaks and vacations.
1:07.0	Listen to Work Life with Adam Grant, wherever you listen to podcasts.
1:14.0	Every day in this country, families are forced to make impossible choices when it comes to their health care.
1:21.0	Like Kimberly, who said,
1:24.0	there was times I had to choose between my food and my pills.
1:29.0	It wasn't luxury stuff because I didn't make that much.
1:32.0	It was like, can I get shampoo or conditioner?
1:35.0	Things you take for granted.
1:37.0	And Debbie, who said, you put your medicine in one hand, your living costs in the other.
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