Like EpiPen prices, prices for insulin have unaccountably risen over several years, though there is no shortage of the drug and insulin prices in other countries are low.
Finally somebody is talking about this! If even I, with a very good family income and the best insurance available in the state, was finding insulin co-pays to be onerous. The total out-of-pocket cost of being a diabetic was for me $200 per month. I insist that you need to be a pretty wealthy person not to consider this a high cost.
Let’s remember, also, that Type 2 diabetes is a disease of poverty. Aside from the medication and supplies, people need to buy more expensive food, join a gym and visit a diabetician on a regular basis. And all this is on top of the $200 a month co-pays.
I am absolutely convinced that the needs of diabetics should be covered by a comprehensive state program. If diabetics begin to skimp on food to buy insulin, the insulin won’t work as well. It’s inhuman to put people in this position.
There is definitely a stench of “they are to blame for having diabetes” behind this widespread indifference to the situation of American diabetics.
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Finally somebody is talking about this! If even I, with a very good family income and the best insurance available in the state, was finding insulin co-pays to be onerous. The total out-of-pocket cost of being a diabetic was for me $200 per month. I insist that you need to be a pretty wealthy person not to consider this a high cost.
But I thought the state budget fracas meant your insurance wasn’t being honored? This is more than my entire year of HSA premiums for the year (with a 5 k deductible in network and it’s still the cheapest insurance I can find and it’s shit for meds).
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I never had a problem with medication being covered. The doctors, on the other hand, have still not been paid. They are waiting because they are a big practice and can afford to wait. Doctors who work on their own or have smaller practices can’t wait, though.
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Severe allergies tend to be expensive, too. My dad’s EpiPens cost over $400 each. Inhalers cost an insane amount, as well. And you need more than one, and they need to be replaced after a certain time. It’s not nearly expensive overall as insulin copays, since unless something happens you don’t need to replace the EpiPen or inhalers per month. But anyone without insurance, or with insurance that doesn’t cover these things, is in an awful place when it comes to allergies, as well.
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