'Diabetes is arguably America’s most expensive chronic condition and it is heartbreaking that millions of people are rationing their care and putting their lives at risk because they can no longer afford insulin.'
The high cost of insulin has forced many low-income patients to make life-threatening choices, according to Mia Jones, CEO of AGAPE Community Health Center, which as a Federally Qualified Health Clinic serves insured, uninsured and under-insured families.
Lower insulin costs will give them more money to allocate toward rising housing and food costs to"have a better quality of life," she said. "We are blessed," she said."It costs them. But it is a way for them to provide a solution to this challenge."Jones also commended nonprofit Civica and its founders. They had the"wherewithal, the funding and the knowledge to step up to the plate," she said.
, he said the United States pays the"highest prescription drug prices of any developed nation in the world, about two to three times what other countries pay for the same drug." Here's more about first lady's 13-year-old diabetic guest at State of the Union
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