To: President Donald Trump, The New York State House, The New York State Senate, Governor Andrew Cuomo, The United States House of Representatives, and The United States Senate

Stop the increase of INSULIN price for patients

Insulin prices have soared more than 400% during the past decade, making access to this vital drug, without which Type 1 and Type 2 insulin dependent diabetics cannot survive, a real life-or-death plight.

Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk, Sanofi, all makers of insulin as well as its distributors, insurance companies and retailers must find new ways to keep INSULIN available to all patients that need it.

People with diabetes who cannot afford to pay the current prices, sometimes reaching an expense of more than $1000.00 dollars a month, are being forced to choose between paying for food or rent or being able to maintain their health with the correct dose of insulin required DAILY to manage their condition. No human being should be subjected to that. Patients forced to go without insulin or to ration it, face dire consequences, such as blindness, kidney failure, a range of vascular diseases and the breakdown of organ functions due to ketoacidosis, coma and ultimately death.

We must all take action, to keep insulin available to ALL. Thanks from the bottom of my heart.

Why is this important?

Insulin is a vital life-saving drug, necessary for the SURVIVAL of insulin dependent diabetics. Diabetes profoundly alters the life not only of the person with the condition, but their entire FAMILIES. In terms of our communities, we are looking at the face of a public health DISASTER.