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It's happening. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mother-fights-for-lower-insulin-prices-after-sons-tragic-death/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mother-fights-for-low

• m0zg 7y ago
  30.3 million people in the US have diabetes. Not all of them need insulin, but even those that do are millions of people, and lots of them are poor. It'd be a major cause of death if they couldn't get insulin. This means they are getting it somehow.
  • Scoundreller 7y ago
    Most Type1 insulin-dependent diabetics start young, so it’s in the manufacturer’s interest to get you on their insulin for free in hopes that you get coverage later in life. For type 2 diabetics, most are in or will be covered by Part D, so the manufacturers do the same thing. But for a one-off treatment for those the middle aged, like the new HepC treatments, manufacturers don’t have the same incentives.