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Advocates Hope To Rein In Rising Insulin Costs In Region With Highest Diabetes Rates


Credit Corinne Boyer / Ohio Valley ReSource
When Angela Lautner was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in 2000, she remembers the list price of insulin being approximately $25 per vial. As an airline employee, Lautner has been laid off frequently over the years. That loss of employment has disrupted her health insurance coverage, which means Lautner has struggled to pay for a hormone she can’t live without. 
“And there s times that I m instantly in a pay-or-die situation,” Lautner said. “I m laid off with very little notice. Sometimes no notice, actually. And then there goes my insurance.”
 
Today, she said, that same vial of insulin costs about $275 without insurance. An investigation by the Senate Finance Committee found that insulin manufacturers have raised prices even though no substantial improvements were made to the drugs. The burgeoning cost of the drug has led people to ration injections. Complications from insufficient levels of insulin range fro ....

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