Anatomy of a 97,000% drug price hike: One family's fight to save their son

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29 June 2018 - Trevor Foltz splashes in the pool in his grandparents' backyard. His brother and sister join in the fun, as does their father.

Trevor's doctors said he needed a "miracle drug" known as Acthar. But between Trevor's birth and diagnosis, the price of the drug had shot up from $1,600 a vial to more than $23,000 a vial -- making him one of the first children caught up in one of medicine's most controversial price hikes.

After the initial diagnosis, the Foltzes wrestled with their insurance company for days to get Trevor treated with Acthar. Eventually, the treatment was fully covered, at a cost of more than $125,000. And the drug worked. The tremors stopped.

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