Lower drug prices means #BigPharma has less money for lobbying and corrupt politicians — Republicans. #VoteThemAllOut end #PriceRigging end #DrugCartels
We could’ve ended our #CaravanToCanada in 5 minutes, but unfortunately they charge $300 for insulin. So we will travel another 5 hours north so we will only have to pay $30 for a vial of Insulin. #MNinsulin4all #insulin4all #americawehaveaproblem#makeinsulinaffordableagain pic.twitter.com/JRvU8dMj7I
— Quinn Nystrom (@QuinnNystrom) May 4, 2019
“Americans who rely on insulin were paying up to 92 percent more for the lifesaving medication than patients in other countries.”
A recently released report ordered by Representative Elijah Cummings, a Maryland Democrat who chairs the House Oversight Committee, found that millions of Americans who rely on insulin were paying up to 92 percent more for the lifesaving medication than patients in other countries.
Nystrom was among a group of Minnesotans who piled into cars on Friday to make the 600-mile journey from the Twin Cities to Fort Frances, Ontario, where she said insulin, the hormone patients with Type 1 Diabetes rely on to regulate their blood glucose levels, can be bought for a tenth of what it costs in the U.S.
The caravan was organized as part of a campaign launched under the banner "#insulin4all" to call on the U.S. government to regulate the cost of life-saving drugs, including insulin, and make medication affordable for anyone who needs it.
And the #CaravanToCanada is departing from St. Paul now! Should be getting to Fort Frances, Canada __ around 3 p.m. to get our insulin. #MNinsulin4all #insulin4allpic.twitter.com/YT15gbyRzL
— Quinn Nystrom (@QuinnNystrom) May 4, 2019
