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California to become first state to sell cheap insulin through state-backed program (infosec.pub)

submitted 4 days ago by florencia@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/10/16/governor-newsom-announces-affordable-calrx-insulin-11-a-pen-will-soon-be-available-for-purchase/

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[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

In Portugal - which has a National Health Service - I'm getting 5 pens for €0 with a doctor's prescription (and there are mechanisms for just getting new prescriptions regularly or on request without needing to go for a doctor's appointment every time), as would anybody else that needs it, by the way, as it's not means tested.

That said, without said prescription it would be about €70 for 5 pens.

Also the local politicians are slowly but surely destroying the National Health Service in order to privatise Healthcare bit by bit.

[–] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 3 points 3 days ago

Yeah that's what we're doing in Australia too, our Medicare system used to be great free doctors everywhere etc.

Now they're fewer and far between and private health companies got a boost from the government since the government said if you don't have private health you will pay more in tax