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[–] 63 points 9 months ago (3 children)

California is contracting its own insulin supply and it'll be available for $11 a pen starting Jan 1, 2026. I know not every state can or are willing to do this but just throwing out some examples and hopefully optimism to somehow fight the American decline from within it. We're in a unique position as our state economy is larger than most countries but I am hopeful we will throw our weight around to counter the bs. https://www.chhs.ca.gov/blog/2025/10/17/governor-newsom-announces-affordable-calrx-insulin-11-a-pen-will-soon-be-available-for-purchase/

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  • [–] 13 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    I know not every state can or are willing to do this

    this kind of thing scales well, i see no reason why after california has it set up, other states couldn't get insulin from them, or chip in

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  • [–] 7 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    I would think Big Pharma will aggressively fight against it.

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    theres only 3 companies that produce it , Eli Lily, sanofi aventis and novo nordisk, they have fought aggressively through litigation in the past to prevent any insulin generic, or biosimilar to reach the market. they agreed amongst themselves to have whatever the cost they want without competing with each other.

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  • [–] -2 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    contracting is an interesting choice of word since it could mean decreasing

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