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posted by chromas on Wednesday January 23 2019, @10:24AM   Printer-friendly
from the stop-being-poor dept.

U.S. insulin costs per patient nearly doubled from 2012 to 2016, study finds

The cost of insulin for treating Type 1 diabetes in the United States nearly doubled over a recent five-year period, underscoring a national outcry over rising drug prices, according to a new analysis.

A patient with Type 1 diabetes incurred annual insulin costs of $5,705, on average, in 2016. The average cost was roughly half that, at $2,864 per patient, in 2012, according to a report released on Tuesday by the nonprofit Health Care Cost Institute.

The figures represent the combined amount paid by a patient and their health plan for the medicine and do not reflect rebates paid at a later date.


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  • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 24 2019, @03:29AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 24 2019, @03:29AM (#791016)

    We have added even more money to the system then somehow magically expected costs to go down.

    Two adults in their late 30s costs 12000 a year with a 5k deductible. That is nuts. In 1990 I could insure an 85 year old woman for 250 bucks a year. Insurance and healthcare costs went fucking bonkers after hillarycare.

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