I read the article, and I confess, I don't know a whole bunch about diabetes, but this stood out to me:
In the United States, you can buy some types of insulin without a prescription. But to get the newer analog insulin on which Type 1 diabetics rely, you need to visit or call your doctor.
Wait, what? There's been well controlled diabetics for decades. How do they rely on a "newer" drug?
So first I checked, and you can buy 1000 units of Human Insulin at Walmart for $25. There's some online options for you as well.
OK, so what's the difference between Human Insulin and Insulin Analog? there are a bunch of studies, it seems like Analog insulin works faster, and is a little better regulated.
On average, people with type 1 diabetes who injected an insulin analog had slightly lower—one-tenth of 1 percent —blood sugar levels than those who used regular insulin, according to the review of 49 studies.
For type 2 diabetes patients, there was no real difference in blood sugar levels between those who used analog or regular insulin. There were also a similar number of low blood sugar episodes in both sets of patients, regardless of the type of insulin used, said Dr. Andrea Siebenhofer of the Medical University of Graz and colleagues.
“Our analysis suggests only a minor benefit of short acting insulin analogs in the majority of diabetic patients treated with insulin,” Siebenhofer said
I have little doubt that the newer medicines work better. That said, anytime you want the newest, best of something you have to ask yourself if it's worth the cost. These folks seem to have decided it's not worth the cost, they just want it cheaper so they'd like other folks with guns to institute price controls for them. I'm not sure I have a lot of sympathy for that outlook.
I would add that the lady wearing the shirt that says "Access to Insulin is a Human Right" can GTFO of here. She has no right to other folks labor. If you want to claim a right to a physical something, you better have made it.