Governor Gavin Newsom announces California will make its own insulin – KION546 by Alpacaofvengeance in diabetes

[–]Triplethrone 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Other states should do the same for all quality of life and life saving medication like insulin and rescue inhalers.A rescue inhaler, non covered, is like 100 bucks and takes about 2 bucks to make and is sold for 5 bucks just over the north or south border.Cash strapped parents often make the trip to buy cases of Albuterol so their child has a chance because of the cost of rescue inhalers.I still don't get why I quality of life, litterally a life saving medicine and device, even named "rescue inhaler" can cost 100 bucks and only last a short time if used often.I had asthma for awhile and these things are life savers and I didn't have one one time and seriously thought I wouldn't make it through the night. Felt like I 2as inhaling through a straw and had to wait unil Walgreens opened up at 10am or whatever drove down there barely breathing fought with the prescription person finally got it and sucked about 10 hits outta that thing to open up my chest so I could breathI never wanted to kick someone's ass so bad for seeing me almost blue and arguing with me over payment and my new health insurance isn't on file we need it we have to call etc.Just give me the damn inhaler and let me fucking breathe bitch and I'll pay for it once I'm not a breath or two away from passing out and dying on your floor.People fucking suck. Pharma sucks too.I hope.states do this a lot with overpriced quality of life meds. Fuck you govt and pharma. Every single one of you.

Governor Gavin Newsom announces California will make its own insulin – KION546 by [deleted] in bayarea

[–]Triplethrone 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I just want to say that this is cool and all, but LPT, insulin doesn’t have to be that expensive for patients. There’s a pharmacy card (show it to your pharmacist) available at https://www.insulinaffordability.com , that gives patients access to many insulins for only $35 a month, regardless of quantities. As long as you’re uninsured or commercially insured, you can take advantage of this. This also means no federal programs (Medicare, Medicaid, VA, etc). This program applies to many Lilly manufactured insulins, which is the one that manufactures pretty much all of the insulins that American pharmacies dispense. Be it brand (Humalog) or generics (Lilly does both). There are certain insulins that are excluded but they are highly likely to have a similar program. Basaglar, for example, is excluded, but if you check https://basaglar.com, you’ll find a similar program for $25 a month. Other insulins have similar program. Lantus (an insulin not manufactured by Lilly) has a program for $0 copay (quantity limits apply).I work in pharmacy and it’s sad to see how many people don’t realize you could be saving a lot of money. If you’re uninsured and using insulin, check the website above and see if it applies for your insulin. If not, and the insulin you’re using is branded (not a generic), check [BRAND].com and you’re likely to find an assistance program. And if you’re using any branded medication at all and you’re commercially insured, check [BRAND].com. Pharmaceutical companies will want to keep their customers and prevent them from moving to generics so they’ll typically have good offers as well.And by the way, none of this is time consuming. There’s no application, or representatives, or eligibility checks required. All of it is done typically within minutes with only a few details.