Seven million Americans need insulin every day to control their blood sugar and avoid life-threatening medical events. This includes everyone with type 1 diabetes as well as many who have developed type 2 diabetes. The World Health Organization has designated insulin an “essential medicine”, which means that governments have a duty to make it affordable. In America, however, the cost of a vial of insulin has tripled over the past two decades. Put simply, because insulin is no longer affordable here, America is failing its duty.
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