D.J. Mattern had her Type 1 diabetes under control until Covid-19's economic upheaval cost her husband his hotel maintenance job and their health coverage. The 42-year-old Denver woman suddenly faced insulin's exorbitant list price — anywhere from $125 to $450 per vial — just as their household income shrank.
She scrounged extra insulin from friends, and her doctor gave her a couple of samples. But as she rationed her supplies, her blood sugar rose so high her glucose monitor couldn't even register a number. In June, she was hospitalized."My blood was too acidic. My system was shutting down. My digestive tract was paralyzed," Mattern said, after three weeks in the hospital."I was almost near death."D.j.
"The last I heard, one is in end-stage renal failure and the other has already had a partial limb amputation," Marston said."The effects of this, what we see, you can't turn your back on it."The underground sharing is how Mattern secured her insulin before recently qualifying for Medicaid. When someone on a neighborhood Facebook group asked if anybody needed anything in the midst of the pandemic, she replied with one word: insulin.
Capitalism at it's Best!
Are you sure this is correct ⁉️ Didnt tRUMP say he got big pharma to lower the prices of life and death medications for us, ' to the likes know one has ever seen ' 🤏🤹♀️🤡️⃣🗳🇺🇸votehimout prison2020 fakepresident
'First-world' country though.
This is so terrible. I live in Sweden and the insulin and other drugs are free, and i have shorts for psoriasis and its about 1500$ for 6 shorts and i pay about 250$ then i have drugs free for a while its all paus in our taxes Sorry for my english
Why is'ent Insulin Free in the U.S. like it is in the real Free World
Just go on a keto/carnivore diet, and eat one meal a day. This puts most pre-diabetic and diabetic people in remission.
Y’all late AF! but the effort to shed light is appreciated! Make sure u apply that same reportn energy to WEED TOO!💯💅🏽 doitFORTHECULTURE
any T1s need some Novolog? Will send you some for free
Diabetics get their insulin and any other medication free in the UK. You need a national health system
Ironic that this comes out right after President Trump says that insulin prices are at an all-time low... fakenews
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