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elleng

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1. This issue, undue ability of pharma to price, has become a public health hazard.

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Tue Aug 23, 2016, 04:56 PM

Aug 2016

It is time for the federal government to take a stand.

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Diabetes Patients Are Losing Limbs And Sight Because They Can’t Afford Insulin [View all] KamaAina Aug 2016 OP

This issue, undue ability of pharma to price, has become a public health hazard. elleng Aug 2016 #1

I agree. The pharmaceutical industry needs to be regulated much more heavily. smirkymonkey Aug 2016 #3

Yes. We've got to get back to the good old days of REGULATION, elleng Aug 2016 #4

Tax Corn Syrup Urchin Aug 2016 #16

A decent hypothetical but elleng Aug 2016 #19

Type 1 Diabetes (that one takes insulin injections) is an auto-immune condition Ruby the Liberal Aug 2016 #21

Many people with type 2 diabetes also need dofus Aug 2016 #26

I have steroid-induced Type 2 and use insulin REP Aug 2016 #29

The federal government did take a stand GummyBearz Aug 2016 #31

I'm not smearing anyone. elleng Aug 2016 #32

Greatest Page for this important post! n/t CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2016 #2

Please don't ban me for this. Stonepounder Aug 2016 #5

Do not feel guilty for taking care of your health! mgardener Aug 2016 #12

You really don't have much choice. surrealAmerican Aug 2016 #23

Nobody should be up your ass about that. A lot of common prescriptions are loss leaders. LeftyMom Aug 2016 #33

another critical medicine /w a 1000% profit. These medicines should be nonprofit and open production Sunlei Aug 2016 #6

I'm so sick of this kacekwl Aug 2016 #7

Well, there was one guy ... Auggie Aug 2016 #18

I think I kacekwl Aug 2016 #25

No, it's because elected officials care more about their donations than their constituents. jtuck004 Aug 2016 #8

So true - and so shameful. n/t Yo_Mama Aug 2016 #13

Don't harp here... write to get a Congressional Investigation into big Pharma Greed NotHardly Aug 2016 #9

We do both, 'harp' and write, elleng Aug 2016 #11

Which companies make the insulin? GeoWilliam750 Aug 2016 #10

Novo Nordisk, Sanofi, Eli Lilly Ruby the Liberal Aug 2016 #14

We need a European style single-payer system GeoWilliam750 Aug 2016 #17

Yes we do. undergroundpanther Aug 2016 #27

K&R Jeffersons Ghost Aug 2016 #15

the industrial medical complex cannot afford diabetes to be cured. they LOVE pansypoo53219 Aug 2016 #20

This Is Criminal colsohlibgal Aug 2016 #22

This is not correct, Insulin is affordable at Walmart MyNameIsKhan Aug 2016 #24

The "normal" insulin is an older one REP Aug 2016 #30

You'd think that a untreated diabetic would be too expensive for them. annabanana Aug 2016 #28