Reduce Insulin Costs
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Oct 19th, 2016Kate M. from Midlothian, VA signed.
Oct 19th, 2016Jennifer V. from Midlothian, VA signed.
Oct 19th, 2016Nancy R. from Midlothian, VA signed.
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Oct 19th, 2016Someone from Midlothian, VA writes:
For many this is a matter of life or death. It should not be bound who can live in good health by what they can afford to pay for that life.Oct 19th, 2016Kortney H. from Aledo, IL signed.
Oct 19th, 2016Kate M. from Midlothian, VA signed.
Oct 19th, 2016Kate M. from Midlothian, VA writes:
I am a Type 1 diabetic, have been for 25 years. I have seen the price of Humalog go from $40 a bottle in the 1990s to over $300 today. My insurance company is raising deductibles so they won't have to pay as much, so I am now on the hook for $900 a month until I hit my deductible. If I don't take my insulin properly, I will die. This is the EXACT same drug that I took in the 1990s starting shortly after I was diagnosed. I used to have a $10 copay for a 3-month supply, or $40 a bottle if we didn't run it through insurance. That's now going to be a $2000+ copay (yes, two THOUSAND dollars) per three months, until I hit my deductible. How anyone thinks this is OK is beyond me. It's inhumane, unacceptable and unsustainable. An American should not have to worry about being able to afford life-saving medicine. Without insulin, I will die rather quickly as my blood sugar skyrockets and my organs shut down. Additionally, conditions such as kidney failure (transplant) and disability due to blindness or stroke are costly to the American government, corporations and insurance companies, and could be avoided through proper blood glucose management. In order for people to be able to manage their blood glucose properly, the drugs need to be available and affordable. Insulin has been on the market for nearly 100 years. Every other drug that has been on the market for this length of time has a generic alternative that is affordable to most. There are affordable drugs to lower cholesterol and blood pressure, but not blood sugar. Type 1 diabetics must take insulin subcutaneously as our bodies cannot produce insulin, and therefore the generic, affordable treatments for Type 2, which encourage the body to either properly produce its own insulin, or to utilize its own insulin better, will not work to treat us. The insulin situation in the United States is shameful and embarrassing. Especially considering that the reason Banter sold his insulin patent for $1 so that a life-saving drug would be affordable and accessible to all who needed it. Good job on that.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelOct 19th, 2016Gerald B. from League City, TX signed.
Oct 18th, 2016Eileen C. from Farmington, MI writes:
Please help all in need.They are the future.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelOct 17th, 2016Sandy B. from Braintree, MA writes:
My insurance co has decided to only cover humalog at the reasonable copay price but humalog doe not work effectively formme so I need to get a Prior Authorization and then pay a much higher cost tier price just because some people in suits decided not to cover my life saving drug therapy.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelOct 17th, 2016Helen H. from Somerdale, NJ signed.
Oct 17th, 2016Gregory B. from Bloomington, IN writes:
We need to keep prices low to enable our people to live! People over profits!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelOct 17th, 2016Gregory B. from Bloomington, IN writes:
We need to keep prices low to enable our people to live! People over profits!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelOct 16th, 2016Someone from Mount Pleasant, SC writes:
A 100% increase in price over a year. You have got to be kidding!!!!!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelOct 15th, 2016Ashley A. from Saline, MI writes:
This letter was not written by me, but I support this petition.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelOct 15th, 2016Ashley A. from Saline, MI signed.
Oct 12th, 2016Someone from Baldwin, MD writes:
I have been recently diagnosed at age 61 with Type 1 diabetes which is rare but happens. The pharmacy tells me that my insulin retails at $1,400 for a 3 month supply. That is insane. I am lucky to have insurance, but even with insurance it is $600 for a 3 month supply. How can people afford this, especially the elderly? Please do something to reduce costs. Also, why can't genetics be developed?REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelOct 11th, 2016Someone from Racine, WI writes:
I can only afford 1 bottle of insulin at a time and have made it stretch....not like I'm just cheap, can't afford it. Period....REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelOct 11th, 2016Someone from Waco, TX writes:
I have several friends who are diabetic and complain about the cost of insulin. It is not right that pharna can charge what they want because it's a life or death.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelOct 11th, 2016Krystal L. from Norman, OK signed.
Oct 11th, 2016Nicole G. from Prairieville, LA writes:
Earlier this year, in the month before I met my deductible, I paid $800.00 for my 14 year old daughter's one month supply of insulin. In Canada, the same amount of money would pay for more than a six month supply. This discrepancy reflects corporate greed at the expense of our nation's families. Is it any wonder why our nation's health care costs are so high?REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelOct 10th, 2016Beth D. from Hayes, VA signed.
Oct 10th, 2016crystal m. from Hayes, VA writes:
My father lives on a fixed income it makes me sick that it is so much he can't live with out it. Fix it.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelOct 10th, 2016Someone from Hayes, VA signed.
Oct 10th, 2016Teresa R. from Gloucester, VA writes:
My father lives on a fixed income and can not afford his medicine for diabetes. This is disgusting! Do something!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelOct 10th, 2016Devon G. from Fort Lauderdale, FL writes:
The costs for insulin are very outrageous. I have been a Type 1 diabetic since I was 10. I have been quite lucky with my health but there are times where I had to improvise and get creative in the past just to make it to the next week. I am single and currently only have to take care of myself but I cannot even the imagine the struggle people must be going through who have families and children to take care of and have to make these large payments.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelOct 10th, 2016Melissa M. from Buffalo, NY signed.
Oct 10th, 2016Someone from Woodinville, WA writes:
We select insurance policies based on a good faith expectation that they will cover crucial medications, like insulin, at a particular cost. Then, the insurers change their policies and we, their customers, are trapped, struggling with these new burdens, until another "open enrollment" season comes along and we are allowed to struggle to find another, less greedy option, We should have the option to SWITCH INSURERS any time they make a material change in our coverage like this, just as if we'd had one of the other "Life Change" events. Perhaps if they feared losing us due to their greed and bad faith, they might hesitate to hike costs so heartlessly. Or perhaps they will be more motivated to reign-in their PBMs' greedy practices. Give SOME measure of marketplace power back to the patients!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelOct 10th, 2016Samantha G. from Chicago, IL signed.
Oct 9th, 2016Christen P. from Stonewall, OK signed.
Oct 8th, 2016Carole J. from Minneapolis, MN writes:
Why is no one in the public eye speaking out about the rising cost of insulin? Where is the outrage? I can tell you it's with the people who have diabetes and their families who struggle to get money to pay for a medication that has been here for 100 years but is now suddenly so expensive people cannot afford it. Something has to be done! Please! For the lives of all diabetics and their families. Lower the cost of INSULIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelOct 7th, 2016Shannon B. from Oakdale, LA writes:
I have a daughter who is Type 1 without her insulin she will die!!!! Lower the prices so people with type 1 can afford it, this is ridiculous!!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelOct 7th, 2016Someone from Stonington, ME writes:
Airlines are regulated so people don't die. Why not regulate insulin prices so people don't die?REPORT COMMENTS
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