News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Americans Cross Border into Mexico to Buy Insulin. Parent comment

Re:Americans Cross Border into Mexico to Buy Insulin by syn0byte on Thursday February 14, 2019 @05:00PM (#19166487)
They say her 3 month supply was $3700. Branding and "format" will affect the numbers. Pen? Vile? Pump? Humalog? Novalog? did the somewhat vague "3 month supply" include both short and long acting versions in the price tag?

I don't doubt the numbers, but I do detect some omission/simplification to make it seem extra stark.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Americans Cross Border into Mexico to Buy Insulin by rfinney on Thursday February 14, 2019 @05:15PM (#19166595)
Key phrase from the article is "modern generation of insulin". A good overview of the design and effects of the new insulins are here : https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/dme.13692 ( "Lessons for modern insulin development" ).
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Americans Cross Border into Mexico to Buy Insulin by tomca32 on Thursday February 14, 2019 @05:21PM (#19166642)
Still even with prices of modern insulins I'm not sure it makes much sense.

Fiasp is an example of one of the most modern ones and still I can't find a price higher than $125 per 3ml: https://www.goodrx.com/fiasp?dosage=3ml-of-100-units-ml&form...

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Americans Cross Border into Mexico to Buy Insulin by sithlord on Thursday February 14, 2019 @05:23PM (#19166659)
rotated between novolog and humalog 10/ml vials quite a bit (insulin pump - don't use long acting) and they are priced identically.
[ Parent | on HN ]