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Red and off-topic:From CBS News
High cost has many diabetics cutting back on insulin
More than one-quarter of people with diabetes have skimped on needed insulin because of the drug's soaring price tag, according to a new small study.
Surveying nearly 200 Americans with type 1 or type 2 diabetes, researchers found 26 percent had underused insulin because of cost.
But insulin isn't a drug you can safely ration, doctors warn.
"For people with type 1 diabetes, insulin is a lifesaving drug. Without it, people can die within days," said the study's lead author, Dr. Kasia Lipska, an assistant professor of medicine at the Yale School of Medicine.
"About 1 in 5 people with type 2 need insulin to prevent short-term and long-term complications, like blindness, kidney failure and dialysis and heart disease," Lipska explained.
COMMENT:-
Diabetes is NOT a condition, it is a lifestyle choice and so is taking drugs. I mean, people OVERDOSE on Insulin all the time so maybe it shouldn't be allowed at all. All those so-called "diabetics" have to do is to pray to Jesus and they will be healed of their unnatural lifestyle choice.
Right?
PS - I've just noticed that I seem to be channelling either Donald Trump or some whacko "fundie evangelical".
Time for a drink.
Why? Okay lets just stop production. You need insulin? Produce it yourself.Why are we putting up with manufacturing profiting so much off of the need of others?
Just another example of people (shareholders, business owners) getting fat off of unearned income while the rest of society suffers to fund their lavish lifestyles.
Why? Okay lets just stop production. You need insulin? Produce it yourself.
People are not and should never be entitled to the product and services of another.
Why? Okay lets just stop production. You need insulin? Produce it yourself.
People are not and should never be entitled to the product and services of another.
How do you figure?Of course...getting rid of intellectual property rights is also a free market answer.
No, it does not serve the public good.Well then 'We the people' should elect those who would put the management of insulin under government control.
Because whilst we might not be entitled to products and services, some simply serve the public good. Insulin (and healthcare in general) is one.
Why? Okay lets just stop production. You need insulin? Produce it yourself.
People are not and should never be entitled to the product and services of another.
No, it does not serve the public good.
It serves an individuals good.
And a Government should not be in the business of depriving a citizen of their product or service.
If not for what man created, they would not be.These people live among us.
No. Just individual needs.It serves families and communities.
If not for what man created, they would not be.
How do you come up with such utterly moronic answers? Do you at any level consider yourself a member of modern society?Why? Okay lets just stop production. You need insulin? Produce it yourself.
People are not and should never be entitled to the product and services of another.
And?I was talking about people like you.
In the 21st century no less...These people live among us.
Why? Okay lets just stop production. You need insulin? Produce it yourself.
People are not and should never be entitled to the product and services of another.
You are not making a valid argument and frankly what you said is what is moronic.How do you come up with such utterly moronic answers? Do you at any level consider yourself a member of modern society?
From CBS News
High cost has many diabetics cutting back on insulin
More than one-quarter of people with diabetes have skimped on needed insulin because of the drug's soaring price tag, according to a new small study.
Surveying nearly 200 Americans with type 1 or type 2 diabetes, researchers found 26 percent had underused insulin because of cost.
But insulin isn't a drug you can safely ration, doctors warn.
"For people with type 1 diabetes, insulin is a lifesaving drug. Without it, people can die within days," said the study's lead author, Dr. Kasia Lipska, an assistant professor of medicine at the Yale School of Medicine.
"About 1 in 5 people with type 2 need insulin to prevent short-term and long-term complications, like blindness, kidney failure and dialysis and heart disease," Lipska explained.
COMMENT:-
Diabetes is NOT a condition, it is a lifestyle choice and so is taking drugs. I mean, people OVERDOSE on Insulin all the time so maybe it shouldn't be allowed at all. All those so-called "diabetics" have to do is to pray to Jesus and they will be healed of their unnatural lifestyle choice.
Right?
PS - I've just noticed that I seem to be channelling either Donald Trump or some whacko "fundie evangelical".
Time for a drink.
No.But imo life is better for all when we work together. At least comparing the more "entitled" Canada to the USA, life is far better for the vast majority of people in Canada. Better healthcare, better education, less violence, less poverty, less hatred, less racism, longer lifespan, etc. etc. In virtually all the categories I consider most important to a good life, Canada is a better place to live.
You are not making a valid argument and frankly what you said is what is moronic.
People are not and should never be entitled to the product and services of another.Is neither moronic or invalid, so try addressing it.
No.
You failed as soon as you said better healthcare. You bought into nonsense.
If you want what they offer move there.
To you undoubtedly, then again one has to raise their intellect and abandon your type of primitive thinking to understand what is a society, how it functions and what protections it needs in order to remain viable. The days when cavemen stood by the entrance of their cave guarding their crap are long gone.You are not making a valid argument and frankly what you said is what is moronic.
Why? Okay lets just stop production. You need insulin? Produce it yourself.
People are not and should never be entitled to the product and services of another.
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