Petition: Tell Congress to make insulin affordable

 

Nani with ParentsTogether Action

Dear Friends,

For parents whose kids have Type 1 diabetes, every day can be a battle, trying to keep their kids safe and healthy. Insulin is an important part of that, but many families are seeing insulin spike in cost and become completely unaffordable. 25% of diabetics report “rationing” their insulin because of cost, which can risk serious health complications and even death.

Diabetes affects people of all ages, races, genders, and classes. People who need insulin range from 8-year-olds who have just been diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes to grandmothers who have lived with Type 2 diabetes for decades. Insulin should be available and affordable to everyone who needs it, but right now it’s not.

There is something we can do about this. The House of Representatives recently passed the Affordable Insulin Now Act, which would cap the co-pay for insulin at $35. Now we need the Senate to pass this bill.

Please sign my petition telling the Senate to support the Affordable Insulin Now Act.

Rising insulin costs have been a problem for years. But now we’re seeing that rates of diabetes are soaring among people who have had COVID, including kids who are almost three times as likely to develop diabetes if they’ve had COVID. If we don’t do something now, future generations will continue to pay for our short-sightedness.

Diabetes is a relatively common and manageable chronic illness. But the average cost of insulin has tripled since 2009, making diabetes the most expensive chronic illness to treat.

It doesn’t have to be this way. Congress can and must act now to make sure people have access to affordable insulin.

SIGN MY PETITION

Thanks for all that you do,

Nani

ParentsTogether Action