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https://www.wave3.com/2019/09/24/make-ends-meet-is-price-prescription-drugs-killing-us/
Angie Summers of Louisville, KY, rationed insulin for years due to the price & then resorted to using inferior Walmart insulin because her prescription would've cost hundreds of dollars each month. She found herself making choices: "I could have a roof over my head or I could pay for my insulin," she told a government committee investigating insulin price hikes. "I could keep my lights on or I could pay for my insulin. The stigma that goes along with being a Type 2 diabetic makes even talking about it difficult. It makes reaching out for help paying for insulin nearly impossible."
She developed complications -- first neuropathy in her feet & then Charcot, which weakened her bones & caused tiny fractures. In December 2013, her right leg had to be amputated below the knee. The process had started in her left foot also. Doctors gave her a 30% chance of surviving 5 years.
Angie continued to use Walmart insulin. She made it five years & then she began speaking out with Kentucky #insulin4all. She met with legislators & talked about the outrageous price of insulin. She testified in Frankfort about her experience, telling a panel of state senators, "I'm one of the lucky ones. I only lost my leg. People are losing their lives in this battle."
And then she said something that made headlines across the U.S. "Pricing insulin at such astronomical amounts is nothing short of premeditated murder."
Soon after that testimony, Angie began battling an infection in her remaining foot & seeing the Charcot symptoms that had taken her right leg. Doctors had told her she would eventually lose her left also. That happened in February 2020, when her remaining leg was amputated below the knee.
Angie and her husband Rob could use some help paying medical bills & simply catching up on all the monthly bills that become overwhelming following a hospitalization & extended recovery.
Angie has spoken out for many of us in the diabetes community. She has put herself & her story out there, speaking in a heartfelt way about what high insulin prices are doing to people & why the inability to pay causes a feeling of shame that keeps many silent.
Now it's time for us to pay it forward, literally. Please make a contribution to help Angie keep fighting with us.
Angie Summers of Louisville, KY, rationed insulin for years due to the price & then resorted to using inferior Walmart insulin because her prescription would've cost hundreds of dollars each month. She found herself making choices: "I could have a roof over my head or I could pay for my insulin," she told a government committee investigating insulin price hikes. "I could keep my lights on or I could pay for my insulin. The stigma that goes along with being a Type 2 diabetic makes even talking about it difficult. It makes reaching out for help paying for insulin nearly impossible."
She developed complications -- first neuropathy in her feet & then Charcot, which weakened her bones & caused tiny fractures. In December 2013, her right leg had to be amputated below the knee. The process had started in her left foot also. Doctors gave her a 30% chance of surviving 5 years.
Angie continued to use Walmart insulin. She made it five years & then she began speaking out with Kentucky #insulin4all. She met with legislators & talked about the outrageous price of insulin. She testified in Frankfort about her experience, telling a panel of state senators, "I'm one of the lucky ones. I only lost my leg. People are losing their lives in this battle."
And then she said something that made headlines across the U.S. "Pricing insulin at such astronomical amounts is nothing short of premeditated murder."
Soon after that testimony, Angie began battling an infection in her remaining foot & seeing the Charcot symptoms that had taken her right leg. Doctors had told her she would eventually lose her left also. That happened in February 2020, when her remaining leg was amputated below the knee.
Angie and her husband Rob could use some help paying medical bills & simply catching up on all the monthly bills that become overwhelming following a hospitalization & extended recovery.
Angie has spoken out for many of us in the diabetes community. She has put herself & her story out there, speaking in a heartfelt way about what high insulin prices are doing to people & why the inability to pay causes a feeling of shame that keeps many silent.
Now it's time for us to pay it forward, literally. Please make a contribution to help Angie keep fighting with us.
Co-organizers (2)
Sarah Ferguson
Organizer
Louisville, KY
Angie Summers
Beneficiary
Cindy Bayes
Co-organizer