Stories — The Insulin Initiative

Madison advocates because she believes no one should have to worry about affording the medication they need to live.

Washington.

My job and health insurance are at risk due to the COVID pandemic and I fear losing access to the insulin and diabetes supplies I need to live.

Insulin InitiativeFebruary 9, 2021Washington

Kat survived 10 months on a catastrophic insurance plan that covered almost nothing.

Alexandria, Virginia.

I did my best to walk the edge between getting enough to avoid DKA but not so much that I'd find myself entirely without.

Insulin InitiativeJanuary 31, 2021Virginia

Laura has given up a lot to afford insulin.

District of Columbia.

I have been on the same insulin (Humalog) since my diagnosis year (1996), during which time the price-per-vial has gone from $21 to $275, and the insulin has remained wholly unchanged.

Insulin InitiativeJanuary 30, 2021District of Columbia

Mallory was saved by strangers and the good people of the #Insulin4All movement.

Wisconsin.

I was a newlywed type 1 diabetic and was about to get back to work following a long illness when the government shut down for a month.

Insulin InitiativeJanuary 30, 2021Wisconsin

Nicole lost her son due to governmental and corporate greed.

Texas.

This story isn’t about me, not really. It’s about my son, Allen Rivas.

Insulin InitiativeJanuary 30, 2021Texas

Samantha lost her first pregnancy due to undiagnosed diabetes.

Southern California.

In April 2018, I was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes by accident when I was twenty-two years old and three months pregnant.

Insulin InitiativeJanuary 30, 2021California

Hannah lost her mom to diabetes complications.

Falls Church, Virginia.

I lost my mother to diabetes complications when she was 45 and I was 16.

Insulin InitiativeJanuary 30, 2021Virginia

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