Post by ashliy on Feb 15, 2022 8:34:03 GMT
Skyrocketing drug prices: A deep dive into the partisan divide in Congress over how to fix it
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Mindy Solango starts every day making sure she has the medication and devices she needs to treat her type 1 diabetes.
“As soon as I wake up, feet hit the floor, check to see where we are,” Salango said.
She takes about seven to eight insulin injections a day and uses a continuous glucose monitor.
“With insulin and everything, it’s about $350 a month,” Salango said.
It was even tougher years ago when she was a single mom with a different insurance plan.
Back then, she paid around $500 a month.
“It became really difficult,” Salango said. “I was rationing insulin, not eating as much.”
For diabetics, rationing insulin is life-threatening.
Salango’s struggle to pay for her medication inspired her to become an advocate for lowering drug prices.
She even took her concerns to leaders in Washington, D.C. in December 2021 when she shared her story alongside House Democrats during a press conference about drug pricing.
“Our only option is to pay or die,” Salango said during the event. “This is not healthcare. This is survival of the richest.”
www.boston25news.com/news/local/skyrocketing-drug-prices-deep-dive-into-partisan-divide-congress-over-how-fix-it/G453GJXQUVB4HK3DJNZW4GKPQY/
This shouldn't be happening.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Mindy Solango starts every day making sure she has the medication and devices she needs to treat her type 1 diabetes.
“As soon as I wake up, feet hit the floor, check to see where we are,” Salango said.
She takes about seven to eight insulin injections a day and uses a continuous glucose monitor.
“With insulin and everything, it’s about $350 a month,” Salango said.
It was even tougher years ago when she was a single mom with a different insurance plan.
Back then, she paid around $500 a month.
“It became really difficult,” Salango said. “I was rationing insulin, not eating as much.”
For diabetics, rationing insulin is life-threatening.
Salango’s struggle to pay for her medication inspired her to become an advocate for lowering drug prices.
She even took her concerns to leaders in Washington, D.C. in December 2021 when she shared her story alongside House Democrats during a press conference about drug pricing.
“Our only option is to pay or die,” Salango said during the event. “This is not healthcare. This is survival of the richest.”
www.boston25news.com/news/local/skyrocketing-drug-prices-deep-dive-into-partisan-divide-congress-over-how-fix-it/G453GJXQUVB4HK3DJNZW4GKPQY/
This shouldn't be happening.