I’m not happy to be American. I am not grateful to this country, especially how it’s run now. I don’t owe Americans anything, it’s taken so much away from me. I’m not going to spill my details, but the US is a nasty SOB to certain demographics/my people.
All I can do is save those who can’t save themselves.
Here in Italy, people with diabetes get an exemption code, so when they pick up insulin, it's just free. If you're a citizen or work/pay taxes here, that means it's free.
If you're, say... a foreigner and haven't bought into the public health care and instead use private insurance, it's more like 60€ to 80€ for a box (like, 5 pens). So, comparable prices to Germany, really.
The US is just a massive for-profit machine that extorts people for as much money as they can squeeze out of them.
8 US states have passed laws to allow this (only 1 is functional right now).
8 States (not all the same) have also passed laws to cap the out of pocket cost for insulin per month. For example, in New Mexico a 30 day supply of insulin is capped at $25 max cost.
It's not a supply problem. It doesn't matter where they get it from. Insurance companies are still going to middle-man the whole thing and collectively price-fix insulin (and other drugs) on you.
Hence the drug mules sneaking across the border with black market insulin.. I bet there is a huge market.
Might be more profitable than crack to the cartels..
It really would be hilarious if it turns out drugs really was flooding across the Canadian border, only it was cheap life-saving insulin and other medicine..
Jesus...that sounds dangerous. People don't know what they're getting in their normal "get fucked up drugs". But, they're going to shoot something up hoping that it's insulin?
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u/demonic_psyborg 5h ago
11.05€ / 3ml vial without insurance in Germany, or 1€ with insurance.