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California to become first state to sell cheap insulin through state-backed program
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this post was submitted on 16 Oct 2025
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$11 per month, that's only about double what it costs in most of the world. Wait... Still $11 PER PEN
Wtf did it cost before!!??
As a former pharmacy worker, anywhere from $40 to $200, depending on the patient's insurance. There's a reason Eli Lily and other companies monitor the supply truck drivers and call the cops if they stop.
lol the next Fast and Furious should be about the crew robbing trucks full of insuline. For family.
They're more likely to do product placement on the movie for a Pharmaceutical company than to actually have such a plot.
Probably monitoring the trucks so that if they stop they know they’re getting robbed.
At 3ml/pen and 100units/ml, that puts it on par (retail price) with Canada and Germany and around 50% more than France and UK.
As with a lot of US health prices, listed prices are massively inflated compared to average out of pocket expenses, creating horrible holes for uninsured people. In the US there are some recent caps for insulin cost of $35/month at the low end, and other caps in the $100/month range from what I've read.
Here is a good price comparison https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11147642/