Woman says her son couldn't afford his insulin – now he's dead
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Re: Woman says her son couldn't afford his insulin – now he's dead
#2This story is absolutely heartbreaking. This young man died alone, trying to ration his $1300/mo insulin.
Does anyone know if there are startups trying to tackle this specific problem? I would be curious about learning more about them. I don't understand why a company doesn't just come in and massively undercut the competition.
Re: Woman says her son couldn't afford his insulin – now he's dead
#3This story is absolutely heartbreaking. This young man died alone, trying to ration his $1300/mo insulin. Does anyone know if there are startups trying to tackle this specific problem? I would be curious about learning more about them. I don't understand why a company doesn't just come in and massively undercut the competition.
It's also not as rare as it should be. In my area recently, a man died because he couldn't afford the oxygen supply he required.
Re: Woman says her son couldn't afford his insulin – now he's dead
#4This story is absolutely heartbreaking. This young man died alone, trying to ration his $1300/mo insulin. Does anyone know if there are startups trying to tackle this specific problem? I would be curious about learning more about them. I don't understand why a company doesn't just come in and massively undercut the competition.
Patents. There is generic insulin available (Walmart sells it for $25/vial) but it's not the fancy stuff. It works much slower than the insulin most people take but not slow enough to replace long-lasting insulin.
Re: Woman says her son couldn't afford his insulin – now he's dead
#5This sounds like an issue with medical/financial literacy or possibly mental illness,
which are also serious. The self-pay price is discounted and can get really low with the manufacturer coupons/rebates or the one pharmacy chains scan for you if you’re uninsured. Generics are available; they are not as error-proof as, e.g., Tresiba, but they would have saved his life. Switching from pens to vials saves money.
Please be kind if you reply; I am diabetic and have spent time trying to save money on a really high prescription copay. I’ve caught myself doing what this person did, rationing or going without when there were ways to get medicine. Thankfully I didn’t live alone and someone snapped me out of that thinking. I would like to see the FDA stop the stair-step method to keep generics from being widely prescribed but if you’re waiting for that, please don’t — there are temporary solutions in the meantime.
Re: Woman says her son couldn't afford his insulin – now he's dead
#6Clicked on the link thinking it'd be the article about my cousin who went through the exact same thing about a year ago.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6415921/Mother-says...
RIP Jesse.
Re: Woman says her son couldn't afford his insulin – now he's dead
#7This story is absolutely heartbreaking. This young man died alone, trying to ration his $1300/mo insulin. Does anyone know if there are startups trying to tackle this specific problem? I would be curious about learning more about them. I don't understand why a company doesn't just come in and massively undercut the competition.
It's also not as rare as it should be. In my area recently, a man died because he couldn't afford the oxygen supply he required.
That's just so sad. These medicines should be more available for people. We're living in yr 2019; shouldn't be this way!
Re: Woman says her son couldn't afford his insulin – now he's dead
#8Blame republicans. This is all by their design. Every other country has figured this out and the conservatives in those countries mostly support universal healthcare. America needs to vote out republicans for a generation and get America caught up to the rest of the developed world.
Re: Woman says her son couldn't afford his insulin – now he's dead
#9This story is absolutely heartbreaking. This young man died alone, trying to ration his $1300/mo insulin. Does anyone know if there are startups trying to tackle this specific problem? I would be curious about learning more about them. I don't understand why a company doesn't just come in and massively undercut the competition.
It's also not as rare as it should be. In my area recently, a man died because he couldn't afford the oxygen supply he required.
This only happens in America. We don’t care if you die from lack of medical care or from gun violence. People absolutely just don’t care unless they are told to. A few months ago a huge chunk of our country was more worried about a caravan of immigrants than the other more likely threats. Our priorities are just screwed up. This is all to keep the public distracted and not focused on fixing real problems.
Re: Woman says her son couldn't afford his insulin – now he's dead
#10Practically free in Belgium, I really think Europe is 3 steps ahead in healthcare