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I was specifically referring to CA taxpayers, not the entire country, as the CA insulin would only be available to CA residents initially.
by gamblor956 4y ago
I was specifically referring to CA taxpayers, not the entire country, as the CA insulin would only be available to CA residents initially.
- braingenious 4y agoThanks for clarifying! My point sadly still stands when looking at just California. California has about ~2 million diabetics (1) and even when factoring in type 2, most of them (2) will require insulin at some point. The scale is still in the millions. (1) https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CCDPHP/DCDIC/CDCB/CDPH%20Document%20Library/2019%20Diabetes%20Burden%20Report%20(SCOTT_9JUNE2020).pdf?TSPD_101_R0=087ed344cfab2000773d0ff9b58e03b699258d74e0fe375c3e79e6c8d2424e57c436b0c0a1562a98080c247d7b14300013c891487f6e898f54613da76ff195606ea6da2811932a45c9dba2e0a89e4d2f8801bc8dce1112f47f427b4fca73d648 https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CCDPHP/DCDIC/CDCB/CDPH%20Do... (2) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25451189/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25451189/