I hope these motherfuckers and their apologists die.
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Is that Tony Hawk why does that look like Tony Hawk
No lmfao that's Tim Robinson 😂😂😂😂
Too soon?
No
Not soon enough.
So you offer the newer, better treatments for free, right? Right???
That's the neat part, you don't.
Except if diabetics had cheap safe access to insulin none of them would die………..
The point it seems like they are trying to make (and I have only read up till the paywall) is that there are multiple forms of insulin, and newer versions basically work better. Many people are getting the newer, better drugs, but having to ration them because of how expensive they are. If plain, old insulin becomes cheap enough such that people switch to it (critically, without some extra effort by our healthcare system), a percentage of people will end up dying. Managing diabetes is all about keeping blood glucose stable, and that is asier to do with the modern stuff.
They retitled the article to "Making Insulin Cheaper Isn’t Enough", which i think is a much better headline.
And again, I could only read up till the paywall, so i could be giving them too much credit.
The fact they changed the headline is itself praiseworthy, but the fact it was click bait and sensationalist to begin counters it.
The point about making the older stuff cheaper is something that isn't mentioned as much as it should be in these debates.
Ultimately even if the older stuff is worse and requires more attention and monitoring (less convenient), it is still better than nothing.
Someone posted a link to the full text. Looks like their main point is that for most people with diabetes (who have type 2), insulin of any form isn't the best first line treatment, things like glp-1 receptor agonists (e.g., ozempic) work way better, but since it's not "insulin" it's not covered.
I'm guessing the editors of the Atlantic gave it the original bad headline, cause it seems like the author is genuine.
So the physician cares about patient wellbeing while the newspaper cares about engagement? Sounds about right
“Making Insulin Cheaper Isn’t Enough” sounds like a good headline on its own, but with the context of the original headline and tagline, it sure sounds like the rest of the article is going to be making point for not making insulin cheaper at all.
Maybe there is a real call to action buried past the paywall, but I don't see it, and therefore I can only assume that what I can see without paying is the message they want to push.
Someone posted a link to the full text. Looks like their main point is that for most people with diabetes (who have type 2), insulin of any form isn't the best first line treatment, things like glp-1 receptor agonists (e.g., ozempic) work way better, but since it's not "insulin" it's not covered.
I'm guessing the editors of the Atlantic gave it the original bad headline, cause it seems like the author is genuine.
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I didn't have a paywall for some reason, so here's the gist of it:
Insulin is only the first choice for type 1 diabetes. For type 2, there are alternatives (not just variants of insulin, but actually different drugs) with fewer side effects, and which are more effective against the serious dangers like heart attacks. But when insulin gets much cheaper, those patients (i.e. the majority of diabetes patients) could end up using insulin and run a higher risk of those more deadly symptoms. Towards the end, the article even says: "In place of capping the out-of-pocket cost of just insulin, lawmakers should cap the out-of-pocket cost of all diabetes medications."
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No. Idiot. Only the capitalist class can construct hypothetical scenarios.
Hmm, who is this Rose fellow?
Michael Rose is a senior resident in internal medicine and pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
The only person The Atlantic could find to peddle this shit isn’t even allowed to practice medicine without supervision? lmao
This was not written by some rich asshole. This was written by someone on the payroll of some rich asshole.
Yes! Without shared ownership over the companies we work at, we have no ownership over how our labor is used. This is why a worker owned economy is such a critical part of Marxism and why Social democracy's attempt to achieve socialist goals through higher taxes and labor rights isn't enough (a golden cage is still a cage.) The heart of socialism is giving people a shared ownership over their labor which means they get a voice and vote on how their labor will be used
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The title of the article is clickbait/ragebait. The actual article content is a little different. The gist of it is more so this:
In place of capping the out-of-pocket cost of just insulin, lawmakers should cap the out-of-pocket cost of all diabetes medications.
Headline writters are often/usually different people than the person who wrote the article leading to infuriating things like this
Yeah well in this case it basically means that the headline is absolute bullshit. It might as well have said something about puppies.
News organizations should be held to higher standards here, and be honest ffs
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What’s worse - taking diabetes medication that’s somewhat outdated, or taking no diabetes medication at all?
I’m not a doctor, but I bet I know the answer.
YoU jUsT hAvE To WaTcH yOuR DiEt
-them probably
yOu juSt hAve To cuT swEetS, maYBe tRY tHe CArniVorE DieT
- them actually
Other times they'll just advise you to use honey, because they think that's not sugar.
If diabetics get insulin for free they'd become dependent and require it for the rest of their lives. It's safer to just let them die or leave them homeless because they have to spend all their money on it.
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Have you read the article? It's about how type 2 patients, for whom insulin isn't the best option and who make up the majority of diabetes patients could end up having to use insulin because it's cheaper.
"In place of capping the out-of-pocket cost of just insulin, lawmakers should cap the out-of-pocket cost of all diabetes medications."
for whom diabetes isn't the best option and who make up the ...
I guess you meant to say "insulin is not the best option"? Because diabetes seems like a shit option all around.
Shhh, now come and sweep yourself under that nice little carpet.
Better than having nothing which is the current situation.
I think the point is that insurances might not pay for the better options as willingly as they do now if there's a cheaper option. But I understand too little of the US healthcare system to be completely sure.
The problems aren’t the treatments, the problems are still the assholes pricing the treatments that exacerbate issues with treatment affordability and selection.
A lot of type two patients need to manage their diets better. You wouldn't believe the number of people who just keep eating like shit.
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Any society which holds “your money or your life” as a valid argument is not one which should exist.
There's plenty of countries with cheap insulin, and people there are fine because other treatments for diabetes are cheaper too.
Bullshit take. Some people ONLY respond to insulin. Fuck whoever wrote this.
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This is horrfying. Shame on the atlantic for publishing that headline.
This only makes sense if the new treatments are cheaper or free than insulin. Which I'd bet a body part they aren't.
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Capitalism fixes everything, duh. Why didn't I realize. I'm so dumb. It's science. Apply capitalism, and bam, nuclear energy.
Michael Rose
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take so hot you fry an egg
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