Canada

I'm happy to pay taxes to keep those who need insulin around.

thanks for this reminder. i am very thankful to not live in the US.

As a type 1 diabetic, nothing pisses me off more than people who just throw out incredible nonsense.

Yes it fucking sucks when you don't have insurance, and oh boy have I been there. But even in the most uninsured state of existence, I think 18 grand for supplies is a bit suspect. Even running a pump, which is almost universally covered for supplies by provincially funded pump programs btw, even in provinces undergoing insane health care attacks like in Alberta (where I live), I'm not sure I could hit 18k a year. Even disregarding that coverage.

Note that I'm not the sole experience in a disease that's complex. So grain of salt. But even if I put in an infusion set every two days, ran CGM, uninsured insulin, basically run the most expensive path I can, I can't hit 18k doing the math. Most I could hit in extreme math is about 6k. Still ridiculous, don't get me wrong, and still a defeating expense in times of shrinking incomes, over egregious government spending and the government protecting the ultra rich who are hoarding wealth. But you don't fight a fight like this with overinflating figures. This isn't the US where a vial of insulin costs $600. So I don't know where these figures are coming from.