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How Insulin Became Unaffordable

  • February 04, 2018

Insulin is a life-or-death medication for some people, particularly if you are a Type 1 diabetic: If you need it to do the work that your pancreas can’t do, you will die without it. However, the hard facts are that there are no generic insulins, meaning manufacturers can get away with charging just about anything they want for it. In the past 20 years, prices for insulin have gone up over 700 percent — and people are dying as not everyone can pay the asking prices for something that...