davidmorenstein

You're kind to ask: my team had it painted for/of me as a total surprise to celebrate my 30th year as CF center director. The artist did it from a bunch of photos my team had taken over the years, by stealth... can't remember the artist's name, but she's amazing. I can get it, but it's at the hospital, and I'm home now.

That's the $64000 (or more like $300,000) question. We're hoping that public opinion, and maybe even some federal regulation might help convince Vertex and other companies that they can continue to develop these wonderful new drugs, and make a nice profit without bankrupting families and the whole system.

Perhaps we should be asking why we don't have national healthcare here in our own wealthy country.