This is pretty upsetting, having family with type one (genetic, body does not create insulin at all) diabetes. The fact is more than 1 in 4 insulin users will never not need insulin no matter how much weight they lose, and even among t2 diabetics, many will never not have t2 diabetes because it has a huge genetic component as well.

Without insurance their insulin would cost $950 a month.

  • effervescent [they/them]
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    3 years ago

    Wanna know what children with Type I looked like before insulin was discovered? Here’s a hint: they were fed less than 400 calories a day and, while it prolonged their lives, they inevitably starved to death.

    So I guess losing weight is technically an option if you don’t mind children starving to death, which we already know he doesn’t. Here’s a before and after picture of an early insulin patient:

    CW literal picture of an emaciated starving child

    https://www.thediabetescouncil.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/before-and-after-insulin.jpg

    • raven [he/him]
      hexagon
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      3 years ago

      They care less if a kid starves slowly to death than if one "freeloader" gets insulin treatment they don't "deserve"

      • Alex_Jones [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        If one person benefits from the government more than absolutely necessary to increase capital, they are marked for death and the program is undone.