• surewhynotlem@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    and nothing has changed

    No, the diabetics get it cheaper and the rest of us pay a few extra cents. Exactly how insurance works.

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      1 year ago

      The solution, isn’t to shift the problem to insurance companies that will shift right back to consumers. Surely you don’t need to be reminded how these insurance companies treat those with “Existing conditions”?

      This isn’t a good solution. The good solution, is for insulin to not be that expensive in the first place that you need an insurance company to finance it for you. Which California is working towards with their state-sponsored production.

      How do you not see the hypocrisy of forcing a cap on the insurance companies, rather than the producers?

      If you want to go the insurance route, diabetics shouldn’t have pay a god damn cent for insulin if they have insurance. Then, you can talk about everyone paying “a few extra cents”

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          The insurance route isn’t going to lead you there. And not for a few extra cents either. The cost will primarily be past down on those with diabetes increasing their premiums more than others.

          The insurance companies are the entire reason why medical bills are so expensive in the first place. They are not the solution. They are the problem.