[RecycledEle]

A box of Fiasp or Levemir insulin costs $477-$560.

The better insulins cost more.

If I give myself the $24.88 WalMart insulin, I can not eat lunch at my regular time and then have to eat in the middle if class. (Assuming I had a high blood sugar reading going into lunch and gave myself R an hour before lunch.)

If I can afford the Fiasp, I can go ahead and eat at my regular time. It's just expensive.

[pliny]

This is a weird objection because if the expensive insulin did not exist (effective price = $inf) it would not apply.

[RecycledEle]

My concern is that I need to live a fairly normal life, and I need to work. If I can not eat lunch at a normal time at work, and if I have to get up every 2 or 3 hours all night long to deal with my diabetes, then I can not work a normal job.

[nonplus]

This is not a weird objection. The companies distributing the "expensive insulin" also distribute the affordable insulin, and created the cost disparity. Something strikingly apparent to anyone interacting with insurance companies for any chronic condition.

[steveklabnik]

The reality is that before we had these medications, more people just died. Yeah sure in some sense it does not apply, but that's missing the point.