good news from illinois
On Wednesday, January 29, 2020 at 9:53:00 AM UTC-6, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 1/29/20 9:44 AM, Tim wrote: Keyser Soze - show quoted text - I'm sure you boyz are unaware that insulin is very inexpensive to manufacture, and that its price has tripled and quadrupled in the last decade, and that a month's supply for a diabetic might run $1000 to $1500, and that I know this because when I pick up my $5.00 copay Rx at the pharmacy, I often watch a customer in front of me cry over an incredible amount of money they have to pay for a med that costs a couple of dollars to manufacture and a few more to distribute and the sorrowful explanation from the pharmacist in explaining the horrific price. Not that you Trumpsters give a **** about the problems of the ordinary Americans among you. (KUTV) — Skyrocketing insulin prices are driving some Americans out of the country and into Canada for medicine they can actually afford. The Independent reports a group of Minnesotans who are part of the #Insulin4All initiative traveled to Canada, where insulin can be purchased for $30 per vial, compared to the $300 they say they would pay in the U.S. Among them was Nicole Smith-Holt, whose type 1 diabetic son Alec Raeshawn Smith died after he could no longer afford insulin, The Independent reports. “My trip to Canada was in memory of Alec," she told The Independent. "If I had known that it was perfectly legal to purchase and bring back to the US, I would have made the trip two years ago when he had no insurance and was facing a bill of $1,300 (1,000) a month for insulin and supplies.” Another woman who made the trip reportedly told CBC prices were so much lower in Canada, she felt she was robbing the pharmacy. “I almost felt walking out of that pharmacy like I was robbing the pharmacy," Quinn Nystrom told CBC. "I just couldn’t believe it.” The price of insulin in Canada is significantly lower than the U.S. partly because of a board that regulates the price of patented medications. There, the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board restricts how much a company can charge for patented medicines, The Independent writes. There are 26 U.S. state chapters of the #Insulin4All organization, including one in Utah. Skyrocketing insulin prices are driving some Americans out of the country and into Canada for medicine they can actually afford. (Photo: KUTV FILE) In 2018, Yale University researchers discovered one in four type 1 and 2 diabetics rations their insulin — intentionally taking less than the prescribed amount — due to cost. This has resulted in death for some people with diabetes, as recorded on the T1 International website. More he https://is.gd/lusZzh Insulin is cheap and easy to make. Its manufactures collude to keep raising the price and colluding in what they do. You know, the American way. ——- My brother gets his over the counter at Walmart pharmacy for $25.00 a week . That's a non-content answer. What sort of insulin? What is his dosage? How many vials per week? What size vials? What sort of subsidy? https://www.wfmynews2.com/article/ne...4-7fcc05a71ccc |
good news from illinois
On 2/4/20 8:10 AM, Tim wrote:
On Wednesday, January 29, 2020 at 9:53:00 AM UTC-6, Keyser Soze wrote: On 1/29/20 9:44 AM, Tim wrote: Keyser Soze - show quoted text - I'm sure you boyz are unaware that insulin is very inexpensive to manufacture, and that its price has tripled and quadrupled in the last decade, and that a month's supply for a diabetic might run $1000 to $1500, and that I know this because when I pick up my $5.00 copay Rx at the pharmacy, I often watch a customer in front of me cry over an incredible amount of money they have to pay for a med that costs a couple of dollars to manufacture and a few more to distribute and the sorrowful explanation from the pharmacist in explaining the horrific price. Not that you Trumpsters give a **** about the problems of the ordinary Americans among you. (KUTV) — Skyrocketing insulin prices are driving some Americans out of the country and into Canada for medicine they can actually afford. The Independent reports a group of Minnesotans who are part of the #Insulin4All initiative traveled to Canada, where insulin can be purchased for $30 per vial, compared to the $300 they say they would pay in the U.S. Among them was Nicole Smith-Holt, whose type 1 diabetic son Alec Raeshawn Smith died after he could no longer afford insulin, The Independent reports. “My trip to Canada was in memory of Alec," she told The Independent. "If I had known that it was perfectly legal to purchase and bring back to the US, I would have made the trip two years ago when he had no insurance and was facing a bill of $1,300 (1,000) a month for insulin and supplies.” Another woman who made the trip reportedly told CBC prices were so much lower in Canada, she felt she was robbing the pharmacy. “I almost felt walking out of that pharmacy like I was robbing the pharmacy," Quinn Nystrom told CBC. "I just couldn’t believe it.” The price of insulin in Canada is significantly lower than the U.S. partly because of a board that regulates the price of patented medications. There, the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board restricts how much a company can charge for patented medicines, The Independent writes. There are 26 U.S. state chapters of the #Insulin4All organization, including one in Utah. Skyrocketing insulin prices are driving some Americans out of the country and into Canada for medicine they can actually afford. (Photo: KUTV FILE) In 2018, Yale University researchers discovered one in four type 1 and 2 diabetics rations their insulin — intentionally taking less than the prescribed amount — due to cost. This has resulted in death for some people with diabetes, as recorded on the T1 International website. More he https://is.gd/lusZzh Insulin is cheap and easy to make. Its manufactures collude to keep raising the price and colluding in what they do. You know, the American way. ——- My brother gets his over the counter at Walmart pharmacy for $25.00 a week . That's a non-content answer. What sort of insulin? What is his dosage? How many vials per week? What size vials? What sort of subsidy? https://www.wfmynews2.com/article/ne...4-7fcc05a71ccc Thanks, interesting read. Read a little further and found that some people may have real issues with this insulin, such as...death. Yikes. Also discovered through reading further that all insulin is cheap to manufacture, and there is no reason beyond greed for its selling price. |
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