‘We’re Fighting For Our Lives’: Patients Protest Sky-High Insulin Prices

(By Bram Sable-Smith, Side Effects Public Media for Kaiser Health News)

Angela Lautner knew her thirst was unusual, even for someone directing airplanes, outside in the Memphis summer heat.

“We had coolers of Gatorade and water for people to always have access to,” Lautner recalled of her job as a ground services agent. “But the amount of thirst that I felt was just incredible.”

She had no appetite and she lost an unusual amount of weight. Then after a trip to the emergency room, Lautner, who was 22, was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. The diagnosis was life-changing. Continue reading article here…

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