She's cute and young. It's a shame she wasn't able to fight this off.
Posted on 02/10/2018 4:50:57 PM PST by Ennis85
Heather Holland, a second-grade teacher at Ikard Elementary School with the Weatherford Independent School District died over the weekend, the Weatherford Democrat reports. Holland got sick about a week ago and took medication, but delayed picking up the prescription due to the $116 copay, according to the newspaper.
By Friday night, Holland's condition worsened and she was taken to the hospital. Her husband Frank Holland told the Weatherford Democrat that she died Sunday morning.
"She loved helping people, helping the kids, and the kids loved her," Holland's husband told the Weatherford Democrat.
Charlotte LaGrone, a spokeswoman for Weatherford ISD, told news station CBS DFW that counselors are available at the school for the rest of the week to help students and school staff cope with the sudden loss. She added that custodians started deep cleaning the district's schools in December to keep students from getting sick, and that the specific campus where Holland was employed had received an additional cleaning on Friday, Feb. 2.
This year's flu season has been particularly deadly, with flu-related deaths being reported across the nation. Last month, five flu-related deaths were reported in the greater Houston area. The CDC reports the flu is widespread across America this year and possibly won't peak until March.
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Trumps fault. /s
That is exactly what this is about. If both husband and wife are working, they can’t afford a $116 co-pay? How about family helping them out if necessary? The government is the solution to every problem, need, want, or desire according to liberals. Nobody would dare ask the husband what they spend their money on that $116 is such a stretch.
She's cute and young. It's a shame she wasn't able to fight this off.
Co-pays are plot by Trump to kill off teachers.
I guess teachers don’t have credit cards?
>>Holland got sick about a week ago and took medication, but delayed picking up the prescription due to the $116 copay
Got diagnosed and opted to “heal thy self”.
How did she “take medication” if sh didn’t pick up the prescription? Or did she wait until payday to pick up the prescription? Could she have opted for a partial dispensation (say 4 days supply instead of 10 day) to begin immediate treatment?
$116 co-pay? Must have had an Obozo-care Bronze plan.
“but delayed picking up the prescription due to the $116 copay, according to the newspaper.”
Bet her cable bill was 3/4 of that.
Oh well...
Obamacare killed her.
They prescribed Tamiflu, which has a copay of about that amount, and she didn’t feel it was worth it for the little benefit the medication has when a person gets the flu. Nothing more than that. It’s a highly unfortunate and unlikely death, since she was young and apparently healthy.
What medication could she be taking for the flu that cost that much?
My friends doctor prescribed something. It was $100. There was another similar and just as effective medicine for $25.
I've been hit with this same circumstance.
Get to know your druggist.
She was a school teacher...she likely had the best of the best plans.
Don’t know about anyone else, my life is worth 116 bucks.
She delayed taking Tami-Flu and I can understand that. Tami-Flu co-pay for me was $96 and has a lot of side-effects. I did not enjoy taking it.
The problem is Tami-Flu only is effective if you take it right away when you get the flu. If you wait a few days and then take it it doesn’t do any good. That’s probably what happened in her case. She chose ... poorly.
Prescription for flu runs $116 for just the copay? What kind of medication was it?
It sounded like she delayed picking it up, but Tamiflu is only effective (if it is at all), started within the first 48 hrs. I wonder if she knew that.
Tamiflu is very expensive. Even with a good plan you can have a copay is 100 or more
One of my best friends, a teacher here in PA, got sick on Thursday and went home. Dead on Friday. I’m still in shock. 64 Yrs. old.
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