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Comics about life with Type 1 Diabetes #insulin4all Illustrating the children's book "IT BELONGS TO THE WORLD: Frederick Banting and the discovery of insulin"

Oct 1, 2020, 7 tweets

During the presidential debate yesterday @realDonaldTrump made a false claim about the price of insulin. He said “I’m getting it for so cheap, it’s like water.” I think millions of people living with diabetes in the U.S would disagree. #diabetes #type1diabetes

If that were true, there would be no need for people to ration insulin, no need to advocate for affordable insulin, no one needlessly dying because they couldn’t afford their diabetes medication. Here is what it would be like if water was the same price as insulin ($300 for 10ml)

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