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Even if you don't have diabetes, you know there's something really terrible in US diabetes treatments. Insulin - a century-old drug whose inventors refused any patents - has experienced double-digit, year-on-year price hikes (1123% between 2009-17!):
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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:
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Moreover, this is a uniquely American circumstance. In Canada, insulin remains affordable, which is why Americans - especially parents of kids with diabetes - form caravans and cross the northern border to buy insulin from Canadian pharmacies:
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