Whether or not it passes, a lot of time & effort was involved in introducing this legislation, and I appreciate everything the guy’s trying to do. He could just be bitching about the prices while sitting around on his couch, but no, he bought a god damn suit. ✊🏼
Dream. I have no idea how much I've paid as a type 1 in america for 20+ years. To damn much though! I'm not rich or old enough for a pump and supplies. This country love/hates us like all others opressed by systems.
I don’t know how people can afford this! My fiancé was diagnosed last year as type 1. We just spent $2500 for a 6 month supply of monitors. Needles are $50 for a box of 100. This is all with insurance. I just don’t understand our healthcare system.
Same with Mexico, there are tons of pharmacies along the Mexican border where one can get medicines for much better prices.
I listened to a news story (it was released as a podcast episode on the Latino USA feed on June 1) where a woman was able to buy her son’s insulin pens for $17 per pen instead of the $100+ each in the US.
I had to find out what helps keep the insulin absorbtion rates optimum.
*A water-solvable b-vit combined with magnesium about every 4 days helps. (B-complex without magnesium sends BGs through the roof, don’t buy those!)
*Hydration tablets that combine potassium and salt and magnesium help.
*Zinc-methionine +selenium-methionine in a combo with vit b1 and vit C helps.
None of those should be taken on an everyday basis, but using them every now and then (like just 1 of them every 3-4 days) does. Taking them religiously will mess with your gut flora, give your body breaks.
Those combos help insulin get into the cells better for a 4-12 hour window, depending upon how you’re eating in the most of things.
Hardcore paleo (very low-glycemic index foods) helps a lot, and at least 1 half hour exercise per day. If you can get your doc to test your thyroid levels, make sure they’re on the right range. Low metabolism really effects how well insulin can get taken up by your muscles.
It’s a system made for them to take your hard earned money for something you require for quality of life and staying alive while they shit back at their $20m vacation home on the beach sipping margaritas
If you’re in the US, grab your insulin syringes on Amazon it’s way cheaper. Easy touch 30g 5/16” is like $15 for 100, and it’s what me and my wife use for twice a week and every other day injections.
Yup! Big pharm and insurance companies need a major reform. They're the cost drivers and thus the reason why anything health related costs ridiculous amounts and doesn't line up to actual true value. Ethics are lost on their policies, but are allowed to continue without question from most political leaders here due to kickbacks and such.
Big America needs a reform, pharma, insurance, the whole political situation we have on capital hill, Wall Street, everyone’s since of entitlement and disregard for our fellow humans.
Bug pharm needs to detonate and go bye bye. I fucking hate living as a type 1 diabetic with no hope for a cure anytime in my life. I do know big pharma would do the most to restrict a cure as much as possible.
Not only that but the fact drug companies can put copyright claims and these drugs so other companies can’t complete. Thank the useless bureaucracies of the fda
My dad is a diabetic. Thankfully he’s had good insurance from his work for the past 20 years, but it’s always scared me that his life was completely dependent on him having a job. It’s pure evil to not make insulin affordable for all
Trump signed it in. Biden wiped it out. It was only affordable for a few wonderful months.
My Dr even tried to get me an extra few months worth while we could, but the pharmacy wouldn't let the Rx go through.
Hell even world wide doesn't it only cost like a dollar to make one dose of insulin or something like that? $50 is still a lot but honestly that's a huge fuckin improvement from what it is now especially for poorer family's who live paycheck by paycheck
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u/VesuvianVillain Oct 12 '21
Whether or not it passes, a lot of time & effort was involved in introducing this legislation, and I appreciate everything the guy’s trying to do. He could just be bitching about the prices while sitting around on his couch, but no, he bought a god damn suit. ✊🏼