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the cost of Insulin

Yes, it's truly sad that US diabetics have to take a trip to Mexico to afford their meds. It seems that the best thing you can do if you're a T1 in the US is emigrate to Canada (assuming they allow it?).
 
And this ploy of Lily to provide lower cost Humalog. Whilst it sounds good, it is also a ploy to slow or stop the slack US Govt from really grilling the 3 companies manufacturing insulin. Three companies - do you think they would have a price war over insulin when they could collude and increase their profits. As we say in Oz; " You gotta be dreamin' ".
In Oz we have a body called the ACCC (A-triple C) who have legal powers to investigate and penalise companies that collude in this way.
Of course it is the medical insurance companies over there also causing part of this strife and the US Govt is too chicken-livered to take them on.
Meanwhile the AMA and ADA over there seem to not give a ****.
 
Lets hope that the UK never ever gets a trade deal with the the US. The sort where the US decides that we have to take food items without the type of labeling that the dear old EU has afforded us (chlorinated chicken and GM foods spring to mind). Never mind the possibility of them insisting on an investment state dispute settlement clause, which the E.U has so far protected us from. Or maybe we have to make sure the workers are on a level playing field and we all have to have health insurance. Not scare mongering, the US have already complained that our workers have health care free at source. Just keep your eye open and don't let our stupid politicians stitch us up again.
 
So shocked to read that people have to choose, not just how to live, but trying to exist, to survive.
If the lack of funds for Insulin doesn't kill them, then the stress, worry and hopelessness they feel, probably will.
Despicable :(:(
 
A large part of the problem is being engineered by the 3 insulin producers when they insist that only the latest and greatest analogs are fit for use...
 
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EllieM said:
Yes, it's truly sad that US diabetics have to take a trip to Mexico to afford their meds. It seems that the best thing you can do if you're a T1 in the US is emigrate to Canada (assuming they allow it?).
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What a disgrace eh, that you would have to consider moving from your own Country, the place of your birth just to stay alive.
 
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