• @bleepingblorp
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    62 years ago

    Very real. People here have to ration their insulin, if they have any at all, and because of that often go into diabetic coma and die. Insulin in the US costs about $400USD/month on the low end. For a while I was paying for one of my friend’s insulin each month because I was in an okay place economically and she was not, and at the time I was paying about $600/month for her’s. She’s since taken over covering her own insulin since her economic situation improved, but most people don’t experience personal economic growth in the US so most people wouldn’t have that option. Also, had she not gotten in a better place economically the arrangement we had would’ve crashed since my own economic situation took a downturn from 2016 until the last few months with a new job.