Did a Texas Teacher Die Because She Couldn't Afford Flu Medicine?

The claim made is that Heather Holland, a 38-year-old grade school teacher in Willow Park, Texas, died because she couldn't afford the co-pay for her flu medication. This is found to be mostly false. "Among the casualties of the 2017-2018 flu season (a season described as especially severe by federal health officials) was a second-grade teacher from Willow Park, Texas. Heather Holland, who died of influenza complications on February 4, 2018, was an otherwise healthy 38-year-old who left behind a husband and two young children." Unlike most of the other flu victims who died this flu season, however, controversy around high medical costs meant Holland's death became an instant issue that went viral on social media. As the story would be retold with false nuance on the internet, Holland's real killers were greedy pharmaceutical companies who over-priced the life-saving medication to a cost beyond her means. Link

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