Arthritis is actually a fairly awful illness Rheumatoid and childhood arthritis in particular have some expensive medications involved with it, you just have to look at all the rubbish surrounding methotrexate and peoples inability to get it down to it being an aborfectant to see what people have to go through so they aren't in pain constantly, one parent I know was quoted $5000 co-pay for one biologic, unfortunately I think Arthritis is one of those that people just think well everyone gets that but it is a dibilitating Autoimmune disorder.