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posted by janrinok on Tuesday May 07 2019, @06:42PM   Printer-friendly
from the caravans-gonna-caravan dept.

Submitted via IRC for AndyTheAbsurd

A "caravan" of Americans living with Type 1 diabetes made its way across the U.S. border into Canada over the weekend in search of affordable medical care in a country where they can get the "exact same" life-saving drugs for a dramatically lower price.

"We're on a #CaravanToCanada because the USA charges astronomical prices for insulin that most people can't afford," tweeted caravan member Quinn Nystrom as she shared updates on the journey.

Nystrom was among a group of Minnesotans who piled into cars on Friday to make the 600-mile journey from the Twin Cities to Fort Frances, Ontario, where she said insulin, the hormone patients with Type 1 Diabetes rely on to regulate their blood glucose levels, can be bought for a tenth of what it costs in the U.S.

The caravan was organized as part of a campaign launched under the banner "#insulinforall" to call on the U.S. government to regulate the cost of life-saving drugs, including insulin, and make medication affordable for anyone who needs it.

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President Donald Trump's administration has vowed to address calls for greater drug pricing regulation. But, Democrats, including Cummings, have criticized the U.S. leader for being all talk and no action on that promise.

"Tweets are not enough," Cummings said in a statement, after Trump lamented high drug costs on Twitter. "We need real action and meaningful reform," Cummings said.

Source: https://www.newsweek.com/caravan-americans-crossing-canadian-border-get-affordable-medical-care-1417582


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  • (Score: 5, Informative) by ilPapa on Tuesday May 07 2019, @07:10PM (4 children)

    by ilPapa (2366) on Tuesday May 07 2019, @07:10PM (#840359) Journal

    Ok, is anyone actually ever going to FIX this fucked up excuse of a health care system?

    Not as long as any Republicans are allowed anywhere near the levers of power.

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  • (Score: 1, Troll) by realDonaldTrump on Tuesday May 07 2019, @07:36PM

    by realDonaldTrump (6614) on Tuesday May 07 2019, @07:36PM (#840378) Homepage Journal

    Vote Republican in 2020. And the Republican Party will become “The Party of Healthcare!” Read my Editorial in U.S.A. Today( Censored by Biased Soylent News Editors )!!! usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/10/10/donald-trump-democrats-open-borders-medicare-all-single-payer-column/1560533002 [usatoday.com]

  • (Score: 0, Redundant) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 07 2019, @09:54PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 07 2019, @09:54PM (#840459)

    You mean like back when the Democrats controlled the White House and both the House of Representatives and the Senate and we got stuck with a bill written by the insurance industry?

    • (Score: 3, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 08 2019, @12:20AM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 08 2019, @12:20AM (#840532)

      You mean like back when the Democrats controlled the White House and both the House of Representatives and the Senate and we got stuck with a bill written by the insurance industry?

      That's not entirely true. There were specific requirements (like covering pre-existing conditions, providing contraceptives and a variety of other stuff) that the insurance industry hates. Which is why they sabotaged the ACA exchanges by slashing reimbursements for those plans compared with similar, employer-provided, plans.

      Oh and fuck you Max "no public option" Baucus [wikipedia.org]. I hope you die slowly and painfully.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 08 2019, @03:23PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 08 2019, @03:23PM (#840809)

        Fuck Obama, too. He could have tried much harder to twist arms and threatened to support primary challengers for these corporate democrats, but he didn't because he was a corporate democrat too.