Health Beyond the Blog: “What Happens If You Have Diabetes But Can’t Afford Insulin?”

By: Imani Brooks

Check out the 100th episode of Pod Save The People, a podcast by organizer and activist DeRay Mckesson that explores news, culture, social justice, and politics with fellow activists Brittany Packnett and Sam Sinyangwe, and writer Clint Smith.

At 17:00, you can hear a news story about the rising cost of insulin. According to the New Yorker, the price of insulin doubled in the United States from 2012-2016 to the point that insulin can cost diabetics around a thousand dollars per month. Pod Save the People are concerned with how the surging prices encourage diabetics to take less doses than needed because they simply cannot afford it.