The Diabetics Rationing Insulin Until They Die
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ธ.ค. 2019
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Same thing with epi-pens for anaphylaxis. My cousin’s daughter died because she used the one epi-pen she could afford and had another attack before the new one arrived. In 1995, I lost a roommate to type I diabetes because she lost her medical insurance along with her job. She was found dead in bed by her fiancé when she didn’t show up for a meeting with a potential employer. I’ve gone to Canada myself to get high bp meds that my insurer would no longer pay for. The only alternative med. at the time didn’t work. Rather than risk a stroke, I made two 24 drives, one way, to Canada. On two other occasions I had a friend bring it over the border for me. Thankfully, a better med. has become available in the U.S. that my present insurance will pay for.
Try keto! It reversed my pre-diabetes in two months
@@satsumamoon You can't get rid of type 1 diabetes.
@@satsumamoonno no no. Keto WILL NOT reverse type 1 diabetes. Our pancreases are dead. There’s no coming back from that.
1 insulin pen in Ecuador is $15. Take a trip, stock up and save, Buy it over the counter.
Alpha -Bid.com Good luck getting it through customs.
@@ryanvargas4889 Never had an issue, more than 12 trips back and forth. I carry a copy of my prescription but have never been asked for it.
Mexico is much closer
My son is a type one diabetic since he was 9. He is now 36. Perfectly healthy.Thank God we live in Ireland. Diabetics don't pay for their medicines. Because he is healthy he holds down a good job and pays his taxes. So it's win win for the government. He is not getting sick and taken up a hospital bed.
I've had DKA around 30 times. Lost all my teeth and going blind, from T1D since 2. Quite disgusting tbh. Glad he's alright though.
She marymangan3654 said: My son is a type one diabetic since he was 9. He is now 36. Perfectly healthy.Thank God we live in Ireland. Diabetics don't pay for their medicines. Because he is healthy he holds down a good job and pays his taxes. So it's win win for the government. He is not getting sick and taken up a hospital bed.
Darthvader5300 replies: 99.99% of most governments do not think that way because they have no long term thinking and are not future oriented in terms of lost human potential when a human life is lost, not properly nurtured and brought up (proper nutrition, proper education, shelter, etc) for of what use is the land when there are no HUMAN POTENTIALS PEOPLE AROUND TO MAKE IT VALUABLE?
I’m a Registered Nurse. Our healthcare system disgusts me. There is an immense amount of waste because of the rules and regulations. We frequently throw away used and unused insulin. Since I’m not a pharmacist I can’t just give unused insulin to people who desperately need it, so I dispose of it. I just want to say to diabetics that are rationing insulin to please go to the ER when you run out of insulin and have an elevated blood sugar. Put it back into the systems lap. They have to treat you in the ER. The discharge planner has to help you to get the medication you need when you are discharged from the ER. If an overwhelming amount of patients keep doing this then the powers that be will have to figure out a real sustainable plan for all of these diabetics.
What if I told you it was done on purpose.
@@kylemonkiewicz2803.. wouldn't be surprised..What's New..
Such BS from the drug reps. Most basic research that leads to patents is done on public money in universities. Pharma companies are the ones reaping the profits from that research. Their R&D budgets are often smaller than marketing budgets.
True
not to mention there has been very little innovation in the last 30 years so if they are attributing the costs for research and development than why hasn't anything new and better been created?
The world needs more mothers like that lady. She and her daughters deserved so much better. Also that guy sending those medicines overseas is an absolute Chad.
I was born & raised in London Ontario Canada where insulin was invented & where a flame burns 24 hours for the invention of insulin & the millions of lives it has saved. I am so grateful to live in Canada where our government makes sure i have life saving medicine & for the people that do pay for their drugs pay 1/3 the price they do in the states & in some cases cheaper than that. If the USA government took half the money they spent on wars & put it into paying for medicine for people who can't afford it everyone would be taking care of.
The only thing that's not good in Canada are the people complaining about our healthcare and saying it borken. Screw that, Canadian healthcare rocks! Hopefully we will have universal pharmacare!
@ShoaibKhanZ yes free pharma let be like 4-5 other Countries who have gone bankrupted do to over spending.
I am grateful for free health care but with Trudeau spending more money than the last 16 PM combined ( reckless) we are headed to a collapse like Argentina & Venezuela. History always repeats. When that happens the 1930's Depression is going to look like a minor inconvenience. Inflation has skyrocket for 2 reasons Carbon tax & Trudeaus printing of 600 billion dollars & flooding the Country with it & it comes down to a drama teacher.
Go to WalMart Market Pharmacy. Novalin R is $20.00 a vial.
why didn't they say that in the documentary?
@@BLUEGENE13 I don't know. I had to hunt myself. Doctors don't know what meds cost. Needles are also the cheapest at WM Pharm. Eat small amounts and low carb helps. Lose weight.
@@gimbutas1 if your a type 1 diabetic you need insulin regardless if you eat or not. Losing weight and living an active lifestyle will certainly help on reducing the amount of insulin you need but if you quit taking insulin as a type 1 diabetic you'll be dead in under a week.
That type of insulin is not suitable for many people because it doesn’t absorb quickly enough.
Please be careful when recommending this insulin. Walmart insulins are not the same as rapid-acting insulins, and they usually require an incredibly strict protocol for administering them. They also tend to be significantly less effective, if at all, for many type 1 diabetic individuals. They are not ideal as a long-term solution.
She marymangan3654 said: My son is a type one diabetic since he was 9. He is now 36. Perfectly healthy.Thank God we live in Ireland. Diabetics don't pay for their medicines. Because he is healthy he holds down a good job and pays his taxes. So it's win win for the government. He is not getting sick and taken up a hospital bed. Darthvader5300 replies: 99.99% of most governments do not think that way because they have no long term thinking and are not future oriented in terms of seeing lost human potential when a human life is lost, not properly nurtured and brought up (proper nutrition, proper education, shelter, etc) for of what use is the land when there are no HUMAN POTENTIALS PEOPLE AROUND TO MAKE IT VALUABLE?
I hate medicine in the USA. But do i leave my family. Or do i stay here and die earlier than i should.
If you rely on the government to take care of you, well then you bring an "early death" upon yourself anyway...
Audiogeeks Vintage Sales...try to take your medicine, there are no guarantees in this world, you could fall off your skateboard and smash your head if your not wearing a helmet..
Living as long as possible is very clearly more important than staying with the family.
@@BRAVENEWORDERFILMS The government is Citizens and consensus among Citizens should run government. You talk like its some 3rd entity in society. Yes, when it comes to healthcare the government should invest in every Citizen. I pay taxes to aid that and other goals of my nation. Its a team effort, something you selfish preppers or "insert other tinfoil" you lot probably belong to.
STAY!!!!
Land of the free, ladies and gentlemen. Remember that when you get free healthcare, but have restriction on guns. These free people can have all the guns they want, but not healthcare. Because "that", unlike guns, is "not" a Citizen right! /sarcasm
Give me free healthcare over guns ANY day.
I love being Canadian and not having to watch my loved ones suffer for profit.
@@blackswan1983 glad you arent in USA you toadstool
Just like guns, you can buy all the healthcare you want. Idiot. Nobody is demanding the government give them guns.
@@blackswan1983 I'll bet you voted for Trudeau.
Sell ammo and guns to buy insulin
under Obama care she would have his insulin and the vets and elderly would have there money and food now we lost it all i know first hand dad is a vet and they keep taking from him
i cant even afford to buy good food for him any more :(
If the USA government really cared about it's citizens they would make deals with drug companies as do the Canadian government & other countries around the world. The problem is they wouldn't get those big kick backs from those big drug companies anymore.
People are dying because they can't afford 1000$ of medicine. In the same city, a billionaire buys a mansion for 400 million for his holiday sex parties.
Inequality to the point of death is not a good state...
Medicine in US is ridiculous expensive.You guys are literally robed by the pharmaceutical industry.
Well that billionaire fucking earned it. He worked his ass off and was in the right place at the right time talking to the right people! How does that make him a bad person? Your simply scapegoating.
@@sforza209 And you're assuming he's a bad person. My point is that the state should step in at this point and redistribute some wealth to at least provide minimum healthcare.
Sweechie the government can’t do that because then the billionaires would move and take their taxes with them
I owe over 700k in medical bills from T1D. Not really sure where to start. Parents filed some medical bankruptcy 3 times for my sister with brain tumor and I.
Maybe move to another country if the bankruptcy doesn’t work out? Goodluck
NO MORE..This NEEDS to CHANGE..right Now. This is Beyond the PROBLEM stage.
This makes me want to cry 😢 I couldn’t imagine my young daughter having to ration her insulin. This is disgusting countries do not have a plan for people who need life saving meds especially since insulin is not expensive to produce! Insurance and big pharma are the greediest as they come.
DO NOT TRUST THE DOCTORS THAT ARE HANDING OUT DIAGNOSES AND PERSCRITIONS TO GO WITH IT THIER KILLING U AND YOUR LETTING THEM TRULY TRAGIC 💯
Im type 1, male and living in Illinois. Ive had to ration insulin to stay out of dka for weeks at a time due to insurance. Look me in the eye when you tell me I need to pay to stay alive so i can spit in your mouth.
I have an update on the first storyline.
Landon Johnson was my stepson and he passed away last week.
Not a thing changed with the system.
Sorry to hear Landon passed away.. I have puked for years myself.. It's bowel...I'd say he had the same problems I've had over the years..Right down to the dead grass.. I jam the hand rail into my belly to force it out of me just to sleep..I was looking for him in the comments because I wanted to talk with the man...I had a few questions for him..thanks for letting everyone know he passed..again I'm sorry it's bs
So sorry to hear this 😢
This is so sad. Sorry for your loss! The healthcare system sucks here.
Can’t stand how she says “inshulin” hahahaha
Inshulin.
moonlitdream1 Drives me crazy
He is in DKA mostly all the time poor guy, horrible way to die! Coming from a T1D
I want to say I noticed the food in his house was nothing but carbs regular sugar if I drink a regular soda like he had in his fridge my sugar would be 400 I’m really really shocked that he has the food that he does being a type one he shouldn’t be anywhere near regular soda cuppa noodles any of that stuff that’s poison to regular diabetics I’m kind of shocked
You're shocked about his diet choices? Oh man if you only knew.
Idk if you noticed, but he lives in a double wide. With the cost of his medicines, maybe noodles is all he can afford to eat. Not just that, he prolly has the sodas for when he does go low.
@@brendanjmattox7669I agree. Noodles are what $1.00? he swimming in debt and probably cannot afford proper meals. Pop is probably cheaper than juice for his lows. Most people are clueless Type 1 needs fast sugar for lows or can go into diabetic coma. Type 2 your pancreas is semi functioning unlike type 1 who needs insulin AND sugar.
Yeah you need to be even more cautious about your health/lifestyle choices when you have any type of “autoimmune disease”. That’s prolly why he losing teeth like he is tbh
Thank God I live in Canada, where health care is universal and free. 🙏
Nothing is free
Someone is paying for it.....don't forget it.
@@daysmanoftheages1411 We all do via taxes.
Worng, Canadian health system does NOT cover drugs.
@Grozaaïmid Most of those are subsidiaries of American companies....
Nice video, I have purchased NightRider from Ambrosia few months back and it works amazingly with Libre. The feature I love the most it always gives me alarms whenever my glucose goes down.
In Germany here you can buy Insulin three months treatment less than €50 including NovoRapid, Toujeo, ACCU- CHECK ' Guide , BD Ultra -Fine ,and Lancets. I bought all of this less than €50
That is because Germany actually cares about its citizens and humanitarianism.
@@jennosyde709 thanks, it's all about caring it's citizens and humanitariannism
This is absolutely horrible, considering America is in many ways such a rich country.
Does anyone hear the narrator pronounce Inchalin?
Thank u this is a good watch...however it’s only 22 min long and then it goes back to the beginning?!
I feel for these people, however coming into Canada is not a solution. We Canadians are paying to keep it low for Canadians, not Americans.
Jason Pryde - I agree
🙄
@Mars vote appropriately.
As a Canadian I would tend to agree that America needs to sort this out, but with a child who needs insulin I would do anything so she wouldn’t need to ration. I would go to another country to get affordable meds. Besides the Americans are paying out of pocket at the Canadian pharmacy where as, most Canadians are getting their insulin (or other meds) covered by pharmacare. Only real concern is if the med supply runs out due to non-Canadians buying up all the meds.
In canada they have insurance which cover prescription drugs and even hospitalisation. You can check for rhe net websites. The main problem with the drugs above are that they have less varoations thats ehy the conpanies earn a lot and the cusyomers suffer. They increase the price eveey few month. They take the discounts portion also.
Very sad to. The process for making insulin is just about the same as making wine, beer, ect. Ppl may even be able to make it themselves with some study.
Oh my god!!! I live in Sweden and i get my isulin for free
This is sick
I suggest them to pay a visit to India here they can buy Insulin very very cheap...
One pen 300 u/ml = 23 USD
May be they can buy and take it with them it will save many lives...
Life is more important than money...
Many organize convoys to come up to Canada to get cheaper insulin.
@@blackswan1983 It is good to hear that Canada provides these life saving Insulin's in there medical store at very cheap prices as compare to neighbouring country USA...
In my understanding life savings drugs should be cheap and available to masses...
They don't even have to do that there is a thriving black market for it where they would pay literally Pennies on the dollar 4 name brand non-expired properly stored insulin epipens test strips you name it. Everybody tries to be cheap these days but I wouldn't be cheap when it came to my life
Me personally I could not afford an EpiPen for two years the only one I received was it expired one from a doctors office not to mention that several years ago I became ill with an intestinal infection the anabiotic I needed was $600 per dose or I should say per cycle I needed to cycles the hospital would not admit me it was the only way that the insurance would pay for it but yet I could not get anybody to admit me to the hospital I was so sick I was in pain and vomiting all the timeI lost so much weight finally after around 3 to 4 weeks after I have been diagnosed I got to the point that I was so sick I begged him pleaded with my friends and their families eventually I was able to get one cycle dose of medication.
Another thing that really makes me sad I am legally blind my glasses cost around $700 a pair my vision radically changed I finally was able to get the state to purchase a new pair of glasses for me but the problem is my redness or damaged and I have to wear sunglasses most of the time they would only purchase me one pair of glasses they then had a problem because my prescription is so strong it literally could not fit in the glasses and had it to be made out of a special material that’s what makes him so expensive they came back and said they would find my glasses but not sunglasses some minor so old that they give me headachesAnd do not allow me to use my full version that I do have I want to pair of sunglasses but none of them are covered and it’ll be a while before I have a chance to save up that kind of money five to $700 is a lot for somebody who doesn’t have any kind of savings
I’m on this ration, currently feeling lost, I think the only solution is to be done…
I’ve had to ration mine but not nothing like he has to I’m a type two so I can get by with not rushing it but number one he needs to get off those noodles those are shooting his sugar up really bad I had gastroparesis myself and it’s terrible mine was actually caused by A diabetic drug once I got off the drug I was better there is a cheaper form of insulin that you can get it Walmart over the counter I believe not as good but it still works and it is quite cheap the problem I have is I’m visually impaired so I can’t drive it so I stock up at the end of the year and I try to ration it out I even re-use my needles but you’re not supposed to but you can do it for a short time
My dog is diabetic.he uses lantus too
In the United Kingdom, we have the national health service NHS for short and out of our pay every month money goes to the NHS,everyone in the United Kingdom pays towards this. So in essence, the national health service is free to everyone at the point of use. This means if you pay £100 towards insulin for example you’re covered if you pay £10 towards insulin you’re covered it doesn’t matter the amount you pay in tax you’ll still get exactly what you need because it’s free at the point of use because everybody in the United Kingdom pays for it so these are cannot afford it get what they need fact .I have more insulin in my fridge and I know what to do with, and if I should lose it all tomorrow, I can simply go back to the hospital and get another load for free insulin again simply because other peoples pay taxes for it if not my own taxes somebody else’s taxes will pay for it,so everyone is covered in the Uk fact. It’s not even an issue because we have the national health service here in the United Kingdom, it doesn’t matter if you earn £10 an hour as a road sweeper or if you’re a university professor everyone contributes a small amount towards the NHS, which means regardless of the cost you are covered and if you don’t earn anything and you’re not paying taxes you still get what you need because it’s covered by other peoples taxes so whether you’re in work or out of work earning money or not you will still get the healthcare you need regardless of the cost because it’s paid for every British citizen so everyone is covered in the United Kingdom. Thanks for our national health service which is free at the point of use use.However it’s devastating to see that Americans are dying because of something like diabetes. It’s shocking. So basically the whole country pays taxes here in the UK so these are cannot afford it they are covered and these that can afford it are also covered. So in essence, the NHS covers everyone it’s free. I believe it’s the same in Canada as well, but in America you have a serious issue and sadly there are going to be more people dying and that is just disgusting. Absolutely an abomination by anybody standard America might be a great country in many aspects, but when it comes to healthcare it’s a third world structure in America, if you’re wealthy you’re fine if you don’t have cash issues you’re good but if you’re an ordinary person with little or no income you’re screwed in the United States health wise so very sad and wrong thank God I live in the United Kingdom. If I was in America, I will probably be dead! So basically to sum it up regardless of your financial status. If you need medication is in the United Kingdom you get them regardless of whether you’re working or not it’s completely free and you will get what you need fact sad to see that this is not the case in the United States.😮😮😮😮
Did they metion the meth they buy with the insulin monies
Meth and Insulin are NOT related.
I'm the guy from the video with the missing teeth. I've never done meth or any other drug like that a day in my life. I've never even puffed a cigarette! This is all damage from Gastroparesis causing me to throw up. Not everyone in a trailer in TN is on meth...
Stomach acid is very damaging to the teeth. Anyone who has had any condition where they have had repetitive vomiting, especially over an extended period of time, is likely to experience dental problems as a result.
Yep.
I wonder if this guy from tuffs is on the take?
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Hello thak you like you
That guy has no money to buy insurance yet somehow can afford a Mac book and can afford to keep having kids...
Clown you are
Got to learn how to make insulin. It can't be that difficult.
There is a group in San Francisco who designing an "open source" insulin. Still means it has to be manufactured, but it won't be encumbered by patents.
@@nicolek4076 there has to be a way. Imagine what 7.4 million diabetics in America could do if they clubbed together to make insulin. Even 10 dollars a month each would be a factory that could spend 70 million a month on the stuff they need. There are no patents on insulin anymore.
It's actually a very difficult process involving injecting genes to encode insulin proteins in E. coli and growing it. Those "biohackers' are a joke, never have produced a batch of usable insulin and never will.
While insulin is obviously vital, these people should improve their diet, cut out soda completely for a start.
Stupid comment. You cannot rid yourself of type 1 diabetes with lifestyle changes.
@@Grimz__ Really!!!!!!! What a surprise, you must be a doctor! Of course what will actually happen if you continually have high blood sugars (exacerbated by sugar rich drinks and processed foods), is face serious complications such as limb loss and death, whereas somebody with limited access to medication could lessen the effects by carefully controlling their diet.
Guess how i KNOW this?
You absolute dolt. Do some research.
Soda can be critical for people on insulin. He probably cannot afford juice for dangerous blood sugar lows. People don’t understand if the body cannot regulate its blood sugar levels, it will lead to deadly lows and highs. If you need insulin to bring the levels down, you need sugar /carbs to bring it back up. It’s a constant and draining balancing act
Diabetics should do some research on soursop leave.
Thank you. I've heard about soursop.
it does nothing.
......or better still, broccoli nd it's sprouts.
Last time I checked it was spelt INSULIN, now INSHOELIN.
Last time I checked it was spelt 'not', not 'now'.
High deductible plans. Thank you 44.
One of the worst Presidents EVER, and that's saying something considering the Bush/Clinton Crime Cartels before him...
@@BRAVENEWORDERFILMS roger that.
JESUS is the WAY the TRUTH and the LIFE
Apply "Self Analysis" auditing (in a book by L Ron Hubbard) - this might help lessen Diabetes.
No, it wont because that is BS. And for those that are reading this and dont know. L Ron Bastard is the same person that started the cult Scientology.
L Ron Hubbatd was a science fiction writer who started the cult of Scientology. Hardly an expert on anything you should follow.
No! that's DiaNETICS you fool!
You are a scientologist I assume?
You can’t “lessen” type 1 diabetes.
just don't get diabetes #Prevention
slade tuner it’s probably just a joke but if not, you can be born where your body doesn’t produce insulin
Your an idiot
Slade Turner DISGUSTING comment!!!! Educate yourself on T1D, before you highlight your ignorance!!! UK T1D diagnosed aged 54 Height 5’5” 9 stone and very active and healthy diet for most of my life. AND?…..
okay my apologies
Type 1 diabetes isn’t like type 2 which is self-inflicted by diet and lifestyle. Type one is a autoimmune disease where your pancreas doesn’t work you can be born with it or develop it randomly through no-fault of your own. It’s very sad
Do intermittent fasting instead.
And you think this is a good idea for diabetics? Why?
@@blackswan1983 For Type 2, yes. Type 1 it won't really help much.
You don't have alot of info on diabetes do you?
Dangerous advice for people on insulin
20:00 Those teeth... 🤢
It's because he had been sick so often for so long the acid rots your teeth
I have lost count of how many people I have prayed for in Indonesia and in Perth who were healed by the blood of Jesus Christ. Give him a chance.
Including many with diabetes.
What did people do before Insulin was manufactured????
They ate keto/carnivore and stayed alive; moreover, type one thrived eating carnivore.
Someone let this kid know?
Please!
They died
They died a horrible death that involved either slowly starving to death, or having their organs gradually fail. They didn't live past childhood.
Do some research before touting an easy cure.
Type 1s generally didn't last past 30 before insulin.
@@blackswan1983 well said! I didn't know this thanks for the lesson!
@@susannehartl3067 That's what they did in my family...
Stop taking the insulin change your diet eat healthy workout.
Bahaha...
If they followed your advice, they'd die.
@@blackswan1983 If they remain gulliable like you they will. Many people have over came diabetes with diet and exercise.
You obviously still have no idea of the difference between Type 1 and Type 2, so why are you still breathing?
@@JohnDoe-tx8lq Your wrong and I don't know you or care to and right or wrong I have nothing else to say. I commented on the video, you two comment on my comment with a personal problem like I said something personally. Please go look for friends elsewhere girls, Oh an do the research on what I said fools.
@@patriots21225 LOL, you commented in the comments sections but don't like anyone else to comment!! "I have nothing else to say."... then carries on talking crap! Idiot. I'm being personal because I'm type 1 Diabetic and you literally have no idea what your talking about and it's an insult to read such bollocks. Everyone need a Pancreas that produces insulin to process sugar from carbs. In type 1, the Pancreas doesn't work anymore. That's obviously going to be abit technical for you as you're such an idiot and facts are too difficult for you.
Insulin lantus is less than 7 dollars a pen in india. I am lucky to live in india being a american. I have round the clock cheap tedting and medications