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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

5 years

This is part of my story I’ve never told. Staying alive costs us everything and it shouldn’t be this way.

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@BBCWorld

5 years

The human cost of insulin in America

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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

3 years

Your daily reminder that the insulin I’ve used for 24 years, Humalog, has gone from $21 a vial to $275 a vial with no changes to the insulin or even the packaging. That’s a 1200% increase on a hormone every human requires to live, but my body can’t make. I die in 48 hours w/o it

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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

5 years

Your daily reminder that the insulin I’ve used for 23 years, Humalog, has gone from $21 a vial to $278 a vial with no changes to the insulin or even the packaging. That’s a 1200% increase on a hormone every human requires to live, but my body can’t make. I die in 48 hours w/o it

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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

4 years

Humalog insulin was $21/vial in 1996 when I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at 14. In 2020, the same unchanged insulin is priced at $275/vial. I die in 48-72 hours without it.

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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

3 years

Tomorrow is the 100 year anniversary of the discovery of insulin. In 1921, insulin’s discoverers sold its patent for $1 so insulin would be affordable to all. Today, a single vial of insulin that lasts me about a week is priced at $300+, only in the United States.

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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

1 year

We literally all died, Rob. We died. 100% of the time.

Rob

@RobLibertarian

1 year

@ninaturner @TheDoorOfNight So what did people do before insulin was invented?

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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

4 years

A new-gen Xbox console will be priced LOWER THAN a vial of insulin that keeps me alive for a week. $299 v. $324. Imagine having to buy an Xbox every week for the rest of your life, just to survive. This is my America.

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@verge

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Xbox Series S leaks with $299 price

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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

3 years

Daily reminder the insulin I’ve used for 24 years, Humalog, has gone from $21/vial to $275/vial with no changes to the insulin itself. That’s a 1200% increase on a “product” I die in 2 days w/o. 3 months = $2,267.99. We need federal insulin price caps TO SURVIVE.

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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

2 years

Daily reminder that a vial of insulin keeps me alive for a week and, in the US, costs the same as an Xbox Series S. Imagine being forced to buy an Xbox every single week for the rest of your life in order to not die. This is reality for 7 million insulin dependent Americans.

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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

4 years

Your daily reminder that the insulin I’ve used for 23 years, Humalog, has gone from $21 a vial to $275 a vial with no changes to the insulin or even the packaging. That’s a 1200% increase on a hormone every human requires to live, but my body can’t make. I die in 48 hours w/o it

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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

1 year

No, Lilly, the price for 7 vials of my Humalog is $2,267.99, making the price for a one month supply $756. And I bring receipts, “plain and simple.”

Eli Lilly and Company

@EliLillyandCo

1 year

Lilly insulin is $35 or less a month: Plain and simple.

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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

1 year

My health insurance company has decided that I, an insulin-dependent Type 1 diabetic, only need to test my blood sugar 5 times a day, down from the 6 they previously “allowed” Note to reader: if I only knew my blood sugar at 5 points throughout the day, I’d be dead.

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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

1 year

My thoughts on the move by Lilly: 1) this is a stunning admission by Lilly that while 20% of American diabetics ration insulin to survive, Lilly willingly raised prices when they could have lowered them.

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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

4 years

The price of insulin radicalized me.

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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

3 years

Daily reminder that in almost every country on Earth, insulin is free to diabetic patients bc we die without it. In the United States, insulin is priced around $10,000 a year and the price increases annually. Can’t afford it? You’re left to die, quickly and painfully.

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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

2 years

This is absurd, @Twitter

Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

2 years

A reminder that the Democrats’ bill does NOT lower insulin’s price from $300+/vial & does NOT apply to the most vulnerable, the uninsured. It’s a copay cap for those privileged enough to have insurance. It’s a guarantee for PhRMA’s insulin profits on the backs of taxpayers.

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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

1 year

ANNOUNCEMENT: Food and drink are life-saving medicine for Type 1 diabetics like me. Fruit snacks and juice boxes save my life regularly. Strictly enforced “no food or drink” policies are discriminatory against diabetics. Refusing to accommodate our disability is unlawful.

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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

4 years

Reminder that a vial of insulin is STILL priced at $275+, the highest it’s ever been in US history. The same vial costs $20 in every other country on Earth. I use 2-3 vials per month and die in 48 hours without it.

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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

2 years

What about the rest of us?

President Biden

@POTUS

2 years

In six days, a month’s supply of insulin will be capped at $35 for our seniors.

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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

1 year

Your daily reminder that the insulin I’ve used for 26 years, Humalog, has gone from $21 a vial to $275 a vial with no changes to the insulin or even the packaging. That’s a 1200% increase on a hormone every human requires to live, but my body can’t make. I die in 48 hours w/o it

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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

1 year

Day 8: Still no insulin. And no one from @CVSHealth will return my calls or messages to send the necessary forms to my dr to complete. I CANNOT LIVE WITHOUT HUMALOG INSULIN. I WILL DIE if I inject the Novolog CVS Caremark wants me on.

Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

1 year

Insurance is AGAIN refusing to fill the Humalog insulin that’s kept me alive for 27 years. I am deathly allergic to the Novolog they want me on. I HAVE A PRIOR AUTH FOR HUMALOG. So I pay $2500 out of pocket or I die. Do I have that right, @CareFirst @CVSHealth ?

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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

2 years

@mcs212 @LillyPad $320+/vial. Humalog made by Eli Lilly.

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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

1 year

Insurance is AGAIN refusing to fill the Humalog insulin that’s kept me alive for 27 years. I am deathly allergic to the Novolog they want me on. I HAVE A PRIOR AUTH FOR HUMALOG. So I pay $2500 out of pocket or I die. Do I have that right, @CareFirst @CVSHealth ?

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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

1 year

This move proves that OUR FIGHT IS WORKING!!! Lilly is scared. They know we won’t stop until all insulin prices are regulated. This is too little, too late. Let’s take a victory lap and then bring it home and pass true insulin price cap legislation for all. 💪💙💪

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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

2 years

A reminder that the Democrats’ bill does NOT lower insulin’s price from $300+/vial & does NOT apply to the most vulnerable, the uninsured. It’s a copay cap for those privileged enough to have insurance. It’s a guarantee for PhRMA’s insulin profits on the backs of taxpayers.

Nancy Pelosi

@TeamPelosi

2 years

Every single House Democrat voted to cap insulin co-pays at $35 per month, driving down the cost of lifesaving care for diabetics. Shamefully, 193 House Republicans voted NO. No matter the GOP excuses, the votes don’t lie: only the Democratic Party is lowering health care costs.

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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

1 year

Additional note to reader: my health insurance premiums don’t decrease as a result. I have to pay the same for decreased coverage. In the US, I’m expected to risk my health and life to generate profits for health insurance companies and Phrma.

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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

3 years

A year of insulin I need to survive is priced at $9,071.96. In every other country, the same brand and amount of insulin is priced under $800, and in most countries is free to diabetics. This is not an April Fool’s joke. This is my daily reality.

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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

7 years

My neighbors are making America great again

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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

5 years

@ErikaMHorton I have a chart showing Humalog vs inflation! Made by @hannahcrabs

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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

1 year

2) This move is voluntary. Lilly history proves it will raise the price of insulin on a whim. There is no time commitment in Lilly’s statements.

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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

1 year

3) Even with Lilly’s price reductions, insulin is still priced the highest in the world, over 3x what is charged in peer countries.

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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

6 years

I’ve used the same insulin (Humalog) since I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at age 14. I’m 36 now and the price of my insulin has risen over 1200% with no explanation other than greed to over $12k annually. I die in 1-2 days without it. #insulin4all #ShareATweetWithTheWorld

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@johnpavlovitz

6 years

If you could share one tweet with the world and every human being would see it, what would it be? #ShareATweetWithTheWorld

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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

3 years

My last insulin prescription was $2,267.99 for a three month supply in the US.

Ally Oop

@novelidea14

3 years

What does it cost to have diabetes in other parts of the world? I just paid $37 to pick up my neighbour’s insulin at the pharmacy here in Western Australia. But I know it can run into the thousands for other countries. She isn’t unemployed, nor elderly. That’s just what it costs.

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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

6 years

Daily reminder that Humalog insulin, released 22 years ago, remains unchanged since release but its price has increased 1200% during that time, from $21 a vial to $275. A one year supply has gone from $750 to over $10,000 with zero changes to the insulin. #Insulin4all

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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

1 year

@sarahradz_ When I worked at Busch Gardens as a ride operator, someone made a scene about a Make-A-Wish kid “cutting” in line and never in my life did I kick someone out of line so fast and had him banned from the ride. People can just be unforgivable. I’m sorry that happened to you.

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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

1 year

At the risk of losing what little sanity I have left: INSULIN CANNOT BE “ABUSED” BY DIABETICS WHO NEED INSULIN TO LIVE. Too much kills you. Too little kills you. Thanks for coming to my TED talk.

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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

1 year

@DefaultProf I’ve already told my friends to use me as bait

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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

3 years

@rat_enjoyer @AaronDHernandez Nope. The same vial that’s $300 in the US is $25 in Canada if I go there as an American and buy it, or 16£ for the NHS in the UK (which then provides it for free to the patient). Insulin is ONLY priced this way in the US. Full stop.

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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

4 years

If insulin and water were priced the same, a 20 Oz bottle of water would be priced at $17,730.

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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

1 year

Your daily reminder that the insulin I’ve used for 26 years, Humalog, has gone from $21 a vial to $275 a vial with no changes to the insulin or even the packaging. That’s a 1200% increase on a hormone every human requires to live, but my body can’t make. I die in 48 hours w/o it

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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

2 years

@POTUS And insulin will still be priced at $320+/vial for every American diabetic under 65 years old because both parties refuse to cap the price like every other country on Earth.

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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

1 year

Your daily reminder that the insulin I’ve used for 26 years, Humalog, has gone from $21 a vial to $275 a vial with no changes to the insulin or even the packaging. That’s a 1200% increase on a hormone every human requires to live, but my body can’t make. I die in 48 hours w/o it

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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

1 year

Insulin should be free. Not “$35 if you’re 65+ and $1000+ if you’re younger” Not “$35 if you have insurance and $1000+ if you’re uninsured.” Not “$35 with a manufacturer’s coupon (good luck qualifying).” Insulin should be FREE for ALL.

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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

1 month

After 3 decades of price gouging, Insulin should be SO FREE that Eli Lilly should be forced by the government to produce it for zero profit and provide it for free to diabetics. I said what I fucking said.

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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

3 years

100 years ago today, insulin was first used to treat diabetes. Its discoverers sold the patent for $1 each “for humanity.” 1 in 4 Americans now ration insulin because it’s priced out of reach. We’ve been exploited by PhRMA for a CENTURY. We need federal list price caps in the US

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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

5 years

@DougHageman @AthertonKD For now. The price has increased by about 13.9% annually. I’ve calculated my lifetime insulin cost at that rate of increase - $7 million to live to age 70. Just in insulin.

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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

1 year

@EvanZhao6 What’s wild is I use the exact same insulin as when I was diagnosed at age 14. I’m 41. Nothing (not even the packaging) has changed except the price has gone from $21/vial to over $300. Phrma just keeps raising the price bc we die without it.

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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

1 year

@hellokitty1211 EXACTLY. At 5 strips a day, they’re essentially limiting diabetics to two meals max with no room for error.

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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

1 year

At some point it’s too much. I already have to fight every second of every day to stay alive. Why should I have to jump hoops for insulin? The feeling of being told you CANT HAVE THE INSULIN YOU NEED TO LIVE is indescribable. It makes you feel like your life is worth nothing.

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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

3 years

Should insulin be affordable to Americans who must inject it to survive? Yes Yes Yes 👇 👇 👇

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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

1 year

A medical doctor advocating for $300+/vial insulin to “incentivize lifestyle changes.” Please explain what “lifestyle changes” I can make to regenerate my pancreatic beta cells into working again? And do you suggest yoga to prevent my autoimmune system from re-attacking them?

Michael A. Markosian, M.D.

@mikeamark

1 year

@ninaturner Paying for insulin incentivizes lifestyle intervention, which is often times very effective for preventing or mitigating type 2 diabetes.

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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

4 years

@x_Pixie_xx @tiny_achiever Truth. I’ve been in it more times than I care to admit. The pain is indescribable. Your blood turns to acid (which feels exactly like it sounds) and shuts down your vital organs and systems one by one. It’s excruciating.

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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

2 years

@CQuillwitch Proof positive - this is for 7 vials of Humalog. $2,267.99.

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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

3 years

Just picked up $2,267.99 in insulin. That’s 7 vials and keeps me alive for about 3 months. In every other country, the same insulin by the same companies is $140. FEDERAL INSULIN PRICE CAPS NOW.

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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

3 years

Should insulin be affordable in the United States? Yes Yes Yes 👇 👇 👇

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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

3 years

I want a valid, non-phrma-written argument for why $300/vial insulin is good for anyone other than corporate executives and their salaries/earnings. Any takers?

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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

2 years

Unpopular opinion: insulin should be sold (or given) to diabetics without a prescription. I must inject insulin for life to stay alive. My need for insulin will never go away. So why do I need a doctor’s “permission” to survive? There should be 0 barriers between us & insulin

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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

3 years

1 month of the insulin I need to stay alive is $2,267.99. The cost of production is less than $35. The US is the only country without price caps on insulin. My life shouldn’t be held hostage for profiteering and greed.

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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

2 years

It’s career politicians like @SpeakerPelosi and @SenSchumer using diabetics as pawns in their game of team politics. It’s career politicians IGNORING the very people they’re claiming to help. It’s politicians seeking credit for a decade of patient advocacy on insulin prices.

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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

11 months

Day 16: Insurance is still refusing to fill the insulin that keeps me alive. My “options” are: pay $2,267.99 for a 3-month supply of insulin or die. This is why insulin PRICES, not copays, must be capped. Insurance is not the answer to the insulin affordability crisis.

Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

1 year

Insurance is AGAIN refusing to fill the Humalog insulin that’s kept me alive for 27 years. I am deathly allergic to the Novolog they want me on. I HAVE A PRIOR AUTH FOR HUMALOG. So I pay $2500 out of pocket or I die. Do I have that right, @CareFirst @CVSHealth ?

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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

2 months

Insulin should be free to diabetics. Not $35 for seniors and thousands for everyone else. Not $35 for those with insurance and thousands for those without. Insulin is a human right and should be FREE (ie price capped and paid for by taxes).

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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

8 months

The insulin I die without, the same insulin I’ve used for 27 years, is priced at $2,267.99. Only in the United States. If I was born in any other country on Earth, the same type and amount of insulin would be priced around $140. Happy Diabetes Awareness month!

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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

1 year

Insulin PRICES are not capped for anyone. Insulin COPAYS are capped for those 65+, who purchase Medicare Part D, but we as taxpayers are paying the difference to Phrma. PhRMA’s not losing a cent. Phrma continues to charge $300+/vial of insulin. Do something about THAT.

Amy Klobuchar

@amyklobuchar

1 year

Last year, we capped insulin prices at $35 for seniors using Medicare Part D. This year, let’s cap it at $35 for everyone.

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@Kidfears99

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And it’s diabetics, once again being EXPLOITED, solely bc we must buy & inject insulin to live. I am not your political prop. Im an American & a human being. If you’re too chickenshit to stand up to Big Phrma when 7 million lives are at stake, your political career should end

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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

9 months

This is not a civilized country.

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@Kidfears99

6 months

I don’t know who needs to hear this but: Insulin prices are not “capped” for anyone. Prices were lowered in response to advocate pressure and recent resulting legislation, but a single vial of insulin is still around $75 and most need 3 per month to survive. (1/3)

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@Kidfears99

2 years

3 months of the insulin I die without is $2,267.99. We need federal price caps on insulin.

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@Kidfears99

1 year

THEY ARE LOWERING INSULIN’S LIST PRICE. This was no small feat by diabetes activists. In fact, few prescription medications in the US have ever had their list prices lowered. WE. DID. THIS. Now it’s time to bring it home and pass the #InsulinForAllAct !

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@Kidfears99

1 year

I asked the pharmacist to fill my script with the “$25 Lispro.” He said a) that doesn’t exist and b) I’d need a new script to fill Lispro bc my Humalog RX was insufficient. Make it make sense. Cc @t1international

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@Kidfears99

5 years

Ableism: Telling Type 1 diabetics to survive on Walmart insulin. Assuming you could “make do” on Walmart insulin because someone you knew did once. Insulin can be deadly and I calculate every dose...Stop telling me to risk my life when you’ve never walked in my shoes.

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@Kidfears99

3 years

Since insulin is required for all humans to survive, and since most humans’ bodies make it for free, insulin should be free for diabetics, too. I said what I said.

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@Kidfears99

5 years

@frozensooner @LeadChangeTrish @jessekodadek @AkivaMCohen I’ve been on the exact same insulin for 22 years. In 1996 it was $21 a vial. Today the same insulin is $300 a vial. Not even the packaging has changed.

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@Kidfears99

2 years

100 years ago today, insulin was first used to treat a 14 yo diabetic patient. Its discoverers gave the patent away bc “insulin belongs to the world.” Today, only in the US, one month of insulin is over $2,000. 25% of American diabetics must ration insulin they can’t afford.

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@Kidfears99

1 year

This is a lie. The price of insulin is not capped for anyone. Select seniors with Medicare Part D have capped copays. That’s it. Stop turning a decade of patients fighting for our lives into a cheap political talking point while doing absolutely nothing to help us.

Hakeem Jeffries

@RepJeffries

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The price of Insulin is now capped at $35 per month for millions of Americans. Democrats did that. For. The. People.

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@Kidfears99

2 years

@TeamPelosi A reminder that the Democrats’ bill does NOT lower insulin’s price from $300+/vial & does NOT apply to the most vulnerable, the uninsured. It’s a copay cap for those privileged enough to have insurance. It’s a guarantee for PhRMA’s insulin profits on the backs of taxpayers.

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@Kidfears99

4 years

@AndreAsunte @4WheelWorkOut I saw a quote this week that “America is run by pharmaceutical companies with a government attached.” Sad but true.

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@Kidfears99

2 years

Sorry I’m not celebrating “the economy” because my insulin is still $2,267.99 per month.

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@Kidfears99

3 years

Insulin should cost $0.00 for patients dependent on it to live. Charging us $1000+ per month to survive is nothing more than legalized robbery - your money or your life.

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@Kidfears99

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@uvaair1 They do all the time. Not everyone understands that food/drink can be the difference between life and death in mere seconds. I’ve often been told “we have food and drink for sale inside” and denied entry with my supplies. Even when entering through Accessibility entrances

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@Kidfears99

1 year

Losing weight as a Type 1 can feel and seem absolutely impossible. BUT, I’ve managed to lose 15 pounds since November and have cut my insulin needs in half due to reducing my insulin resistance. Feeling proud and just wanted to share. Happy Saturday!!!!

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@Kidfears99

1 year

Eli Lilly’s $35 insulin copay coupon program is not a “Price cap.” It’s not any kind of “cap,” as it’s 100% voluntary. My Lilly insulin is still priced at $2,267.99. Stop trusting Phrma to do the right thing when they’ve proven they will lie and kill us for profit

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@Kidfears99

3 years

A vial of insulin shouldn’t cost more than an Xbox.

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@Kidfears99

4 years

I’ll stop demonizing drug companies when their executives stop behaving like demons. My insulin is priced at $300/vial for me to survive a week, every week, for the rest of my life. Cost of production? $3-$6. When you price-fix basic insulin, you deserve the criticism you get.

NBC News

@NBCNews

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Opinion | Robert Blum: Our Covid-19 vaccine hopes hang on drug companies. It's time to stop demonizing them. - @NBCNewsTHINK

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@Kidfears99

3 years

It’s diabetes awareness month. My insulin is priced at $2,267.99 per month.

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@Kidfears99

5 years

I’ve been on THE SAME INSULIN since my dx at age 14. I’m 37 now, the insulin is identical, but the price is 1200% more a vial. It BLOWS MY MIND that some justify this blatant price gouging w “relearn your disease & risk your life with obsolete insulin you’ve never been prescribed

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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

2 years

THE. LEGISLATION. DOES. NOT. LOWER. THE. PRICE. OF. INSULIN. It’s a copay cap for the insured only. Americans are dying for corporate greed and you’re lying to boost your “accomplishments.” Do better. Be better.

Hakeem Jeffries

@RepJeffries

2 years

House Dems will pass legislation today that cuts the price of insulin from approximately $4000 a year to $35 per month.

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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

6 months

We. Fucking. Did. This!! Our nonstop advocacy made Lilly, Novo, and Sanofi FINALLY lower the PRICE of insulin. It’s still priced 3x too high. But Patients don’t get many victories over Phrma, so let’s celebrate this one while continuing our fight to ensure insulin for ALL.

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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

1 year

@breslyncomp At my fave bar in my 20s, they had a fountain drink dispenser where all sodas ran through the same hose. All the bartenders knew I was diabetic so when I’d order a diet soda they’d run water through the hose to make sure no sugar was mixed in! 🥰🫶

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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

3 years

US insulin prices should be capped at $20/vial, at most, like every other country. That would still give Phrma a 300% profit margin per vial, rather than the 5,900% profit per vial they currently have. Insulin price caps save lives. Lives are more important than profits

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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

2 years

Jesus would have provided free insulin to those who need it. Jesus would NOT leave the uninsured to pay $300/vial for insulin.

Jack Cocchiarella

@JDCocchiarella

2 years

Jesus would’ve voted to cap the price of insulin at $35 a month.

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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

9 months

Flashback to 1997 when I would bump my blood sugar up to 500+ so I wouldn’t go low in class and everyone wondered why I was in DKA every six months. Get fucked with this take.

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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

5 years

Every day telling me, “just change your diet and you won’t need insulin.” TYPE 1 DIABETES IS AUTOIMMUME AND INCURABLE. (Also all humans need insulin to live) #AbledsAreWeird

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@Kidfears99

5 years

Im told one of the victims of the Aurora shooting yesterday was the father of a Type 1 child. He was the sole income and source of health insurance for his fam. The pain I feel for this family is indescribable, and worrying how to keep your child alive in the wake of this is evil

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@Kidfears99

4 years

@page88 I’m Type 1 and rapid-cycling bipolar. Without insulin, I die a certain, painful death in 48-72 hours. Unless I have insulin, I won’t be alive to fight for my psych meds. Also my psych meds have gone down in price over the years. My insulin is unchanged and the price is up 1200%

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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

1 year

Y’all. I just picked up my test strips from the pharmacy. Insurance limited me to TWO tests per day, not 5 like my Dr thought. I have to do a prior authorization to even get 5 per day.

Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

1 year

My health insurance company has decided that I, an insulin-dependent Type 1 diabetic, only need to test my blood sugar 5 times a day, down from the 6 they previously “allowed” Note to reader: if I only knew my blood sugar at 5 points throughout the day, I’d be dead.

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@Kidfears99

5 years

All human beings need insulin to live. Non-Type 1 diabetics’ bodies make it for free, and Type 1 diabetics can’t produce any on our own. W/o insulin, your cells can’t get energy from ur food & you starve to death through ketoacidosis. Thanks for coming to my TED talk.

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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

3 years

Type 1 diabetes is unavoidable. Type 1 diabetes is incurable. Nothing I did or didn’t do caused me to develop insulin-dependent diabetes at 14 years old. Nothing I do now will cure it or my need for exogenous insulin to survive. Thanks for coming to my TED talk.

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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

1 year

American healthcare: I had a mammogram & an ultrasound. Suspicious complex cyst so I need a biopsy. Dr offered to perform same-day biopsy but my health insurance wouldn’t allow it, requiring pre-approval. Now I get to spend the next month wondering if I have breast cancer 🇺🇸

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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

1 year

Lilly is scared of what we’ve been working on. They should be. Time to federally cap insulin prices for all. LFG 💪💙💪

Eli Lilly to Cut Prices of Insulin Drugs by 70%, Cap Patient Costs at $35

Facing pressure to curb diabetes-treatment costs, the company will cut the list prices for its most commonly prescribed insulin and take other steps to make it easier for patients to afford the drugs.

www.wsj.com

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Laura Marston

@Kidfears99

4 years

Insulin is necessary for every human, diabetic or not, to stay alive. Affordable insulin is a human right for those whose bodies can’t produce insulin (Type 1, LADA) or those whose bodies dont use it properly (Type 2). Denying insulin is equivalent to denying oxygen. It’s murder

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