Episode 46: The 'underground market' for insulin and diabetes supplies
It's a sad reality that people with diabetes know all too well: the price of insulin, a medicine they depend on to stay alive, has skyrocketed. Some people have trouble paying for insulin, forcing them to ration it or go without, which can be deadly. Alina Bills was diagnosed with diabetes when she was four, and can't remember life without it. Now age 26, she wrote a First Opinion essay about having to turn to social media to crowdsource insulin when she unexpectedly ran out and an extra vial would have cost her nearly $400 out of pocket.