If "green" regulations make your asthma inhaler two to three times as expensive, does that make your life better?

The Other Good Thing About Fighting Climate Change | Mother Jones

After reading this exchange of essays, please ask the next person you meet these questions:

— "Does anyone in your family use an asthma inhaler?"

— "Is anyone in your family having trouble finding a job?"

— "When was last time your family had a discussion about carbon sequestration or cap-and-trade?"

Within those answers is perhaps the most important key to reducing emissions: Politicians and clean-energy advocates musts stop talking about policy and start showing people how clean-energy solutions that are available right now will make their lives better.

Flashback: New asthma inhalers look the same but will cost you more | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com

The new generation of asthma inhalers are environmentally friendly and as effective as the older generation that used ozone-harming ingredients.

But there's a catch. The new inhalers cost roughly $30 to $50 in local pharmacies. The older style, which are increasingly hard to find, cost about $15.

Because the Earth-friendly inhalers are relatively new, there is no generic alternative for them, leaving insured patients with much higher copayments and the uninsured footing the whole bill.