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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.
(Score: 2) by realDonaldTrump on Tuesday May 07 2019, @08:56PM (1 child)
You say, "oh, not Hillary." WRONG -- DEAD WRONG. It was Bill. But, Crooked H was in charge of the Task Force on that one. Known as Task Force on National Health Care Reform. You didn't know. And, a lot of folks didn't know. Because they tried to keep it a secret. That Bill put his wife as head of the Task Force. The secret got out and there was a big lawsuit. Can we call it Nepotism? Why not, right? And fortunately, the Plan got out too. Horrible plan where EVERY EMPLOYER would have had to pay the Medical for EVERY SINGLE EMPLOYEE. And, for the married. Tremendous protests and the Secret Service guys must have talked to Crooked. And told her, "ma'am, if this goes through you may not live to see 1995." It's known as assassination, folks. And fortunately we had, at that time, a lot of smart Dems in Congress. Who realized, if that one went through, so many businesses would go under. Or have to fire most of their workers. Millions of folks would be out of work. And the Dems would lose Congress for generations. So, very wisely, they torpedoed it. But, the American "people" remembered that fiasco. They remembered very well. Big reason why Crooked H lost OVERWHELMINGLY in 2016!!!!
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Tuesday May 07 2019, @09:11PM
Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Don't say that!
Hillary's first two terms in office could disqualify her from holding office should she get elected a 2nd time.
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