Progressive Politics

california has been looking for a low cost insulin for a few years, i think they were moving towards this for a while. the resistance is coming from the trioply that owns the other formulations of insulin.

Newsom can be shamed into doing the right thing. Trump/Vance/Miller will disappear the shamers. Completely different realities.

The most transphobic version of Newsom is a return to needing several doctors to write a letter saying you are trans. We're already seeing Trump denying the right to exist and forcing the next generation of trans kids into navigating black markets for T shots or forced to grow with the wrong hormones.

I would much prefer my taxes go toward making insulin to give away than bombs to give away.

Well America voted against food being considered essential for survival...

Gotta start somewhere.

We have it decent in Australia, but for the Americans reading on, the bar is so ridiculously low you can walk over it.

I hope one day Medicare can actually be universal, and not the private subsidy model we have currently.

I dunno about you, but finding bulk billing is a pain the arse now, and in certain areas it simply doesn't exist. Not to mention my premium mouth bones which aren't covered for some stupid reason.

I just wish we'd finally kill off private health. Private health is such a scam we only take out because we have a two tiered system and there's a tax discount.

I really don't like Australians talking about how good we have it, when it's kinda meh, and actively getting worse.

That all being said, yeah, the PBS is pretty good and I'm glad insulin is affordable.

Thank Christ we didn't get the Libs back (for American readers, that's the conservative party), we could do SO much better given how wealthy we are per person.

But, anyone who doesn't want to pay more in tax in order to get truly public healthcare doesn't know how to do maths. We could just pay what we pay in private health premiums already, in tax, and we'd probably get way better care per person (because profit is inherently inefficient).

Abolish private health.

Thanks for being accosted with my rant.

I have a relative that needs about 1800 a month for their Insulin. They're disabled but if they applied for disability they wouldn't be poor enough to qualify for public assistance and the disability payments wouldn't be enough to cover the price of insulin so they're forced to live in poverty until they old enough to retire.

Watch them take advantage of this while acting like “California is the worst state”

As a former pharmacy worker in California, 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.

I'm sure it won't be a fit for everyone's daily use, but at the very least it should stop people from rationing their doses.

They're partnering with a non-profit 501(c)(3) generic manufacturer that was set up by groups of hospitals.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civica_Rx

Seems as legit as you're going to find in the US.

It's interesting. It's really interesting that you would say that. Just interesting.