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Congress A+…….But PBMs and Insulin Companies, it’s the SAME Routine

Soooooooooo I listened to the The Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee recording of the meeting held today, Wednesday, April 10, at 10:30 am on The Hill. The hearing was entitled, “Priced Out of a Lifesaving Drug: Getting Answers on the Rising Cost of Insulin.” Once again, you can click the link to see the hearings yourself […]

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Insulin Costs…..Today May have been the Day the Tides Turned…….Time Will Surely Tell

If you have any feeling whatsoever about the ongoing problem of the cost of Insulin, you must find a few hours to sit and watch Priced Out of a Life Saving Drug: the Human Impact of Rising Insulin Costs which was a Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigation of the Energy & Commerce Committee held on Tuesday, April 2nd. It […]

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Should One Jump Into Using New Diabetes Tools

I spend a great deal of time getting in and out of machinery that when, or should, they malfunction the results are usually disastrous.  But still, it’s not uncommon to see me getting in or out of an automobile or doing the same with an airplane.  I’m a guy who plays averages and I figure […]

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Absence

Recently I had knee surgery, I will have more upcoming and at the end of the day, and rehab, it will be a very good thing.  As I spoke to my Doctor on my follow-up visit he said something which has resonated in my mind since he said it. He said that they had cleaned […]

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A Defining Moment……..Can Happen at any Time

Have you ever had a defining moment in your life?  Something happened and at that instant you knew that things would never be the same.  Tragedy, or the diagnosis of a loved one with something that will change ones life forever comes to mind pretty quickly I’m sure.  But when not a tragedy but, rather, […]

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Transparency, No Matter What is Announced, That’s All Folks

Lilly Announced in a press release that they were reducing the cost of Humolog Insulin by half, bringing the vial cost to $137.35.  You can read the release here.  Needless to say, the social media world erupted with everything from praise to disdain at the news.  Me, well quite honestly, it left me scratching my head […]