Damn the Republicans all to Hell.
I don't know what I'd do if I didn't have decent insurance. Come to think of it, I do know. I'd die.
I'm on two types of insulin, as undoubtedly most Type 2 diabetics are: a short acting type to be taken before meals, and a once-a-day long-acting variety that helps keep glucose stable the rest of the time.
In my particular case, it's Novolog for short-acting, and Tresiba for long-acting. My endocrinologist prescribes these in 90 days supplies which—as you can imagine—is a lot of boxes of pre-filled syringes. With my insurance I pay $80 for each 90-day supply; a steal I know. I looked at the retail price they conveniently print out on each order, and I was beyond shocked. (The same goes for the other medications I take on a regular basis.)
Novolog—which is basically just plain old insulin—in that 90-day quantity retails for $3100. The Tresiba goes for $2400.
So, four refills a year of each would come to a grand total of $22,000 a year.
That comes to a little less than a third of my pre-tax income.
Who can afford to pay that?
And don't even get me started on the cost of the Libre3 monitors…
All of my HIV and COPD meds come to about $80,000 a year. Thank gawd I'm poor, so most of it is paid for.
This country is beyond broken. History will not be kind.