Both my husband and one of our dogs is diabetic. This is great news. The dogs care is 150$ a month. My husband's is covered by Medi-cal insurance (he's on a pump) but the catch is, if he gets a job he loses that insurance and would have to either find a job that would cover all that or pay out of pocket. He just turned 31 and he's losing feeling in his legs, but he doesn't qualify for disability. Diabetics are not treated very well.
"When inventor Frederick Banting discovered insulin in 1923, he refused to put his name on the patent. He felt it was unethical for a doctor to profit from a discovery that would save lives. Banting’s co-inventors, James Collip and Charles Best, sold the insulin patent to the University of Toronto for a mere $1. They wanted everyone who needed their medication to be able to afford it.
"Today, Banting and his colleagues would be spinning in their graves: Their drug, which many of the 30 million Americans with diabetes rely on, has become the poster child for pharmaceutical price gouging."
At least it's still reasonably affordable up here in Canada. I can't believe how obscenely expensive it is in America. Banting and Best would be incensed at this.
I hope and pray Rep. Talarico is able to get that legislation passed.
Here in NZ the competition between pharmacys has gotten to the point that they don't even charge the $5 per prescription anymore so Insulin is basically free as long as you're prescribed it.
Novaleah88 on April 7th, 2021 at 06:57 UTC »
Both my husband and one of our dogs is diabetic. This is great news. The dogs care is 150$ a month. My husband's is covered by Medi-cal insurance (he's on a pump) but the catch is, if he gets a job he loses that insurance and would have to either find a job that would cover all that or pay out of pocket. He just turned 31 and he's losing feeling in his legs, but he doesn't qualify for disability. Diabetics are not treated very well.
chamekke on April 7th, 2021 at 08:27 UTC »
"When inventor Frederick Banting discovered insulin in 1923, he refused to put his name on the patent. He felt it was unethical for a doctor to profit from a discovery that would save lives. Banting’s co-inventors, James Collip and Charles Best, sold the insulin patent to the University of Toronto for a mere $1. They wanted everyone who needed their medication to be able to afford it.
"Today, Banting and his colleagues would be spinning in their graves: Their drug, which many of the 30 million Americans with diabetes rely on, has become the poster child for pharmaceutical price gouging."
Source: https://www.vox.com/2019/4/3/18293950/why-is-insulin-so-expensive
At least it's still reasonably affordable up here in Canada. I can't believe how obscenely expensive it is in America. Banting and Best would be incensed at this.
I hope and pray Rep. Talarico is able to get that legislation passed.
FurryCrew on April 7th, 2021 at 09:18 UTC »
Here in NZ the competition between pharmacys has gotten to the point that they don't even charge the $5 per prescription anymore so Insulin is basically free as long as you're prescribed it.
Ya'll in the US be bonkers.