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California to become first state to sell cheap insulin through state-backed program (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/10/16/governor-newsom-announces-affordable-calrx-insulin-11-a-pen-will-soon-be-available-for-purchase/

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[–] MisterFrog@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Oh damn, that must suck (regarding the glucose monitoring)

Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

I do have one extra Response:

I don't mind private health existing but it should only exist without all the bs policy to force you into it and without leeching off public funding through tax breaks and Medicare funding.

The problem is that the private health model in our country only works with tax breaks and Medicare funding.

If we made them ACTUALLY compete with Medicare (i.e., if you have private health cover, you're no longer eligible for Medicare), the business model would collapse.

I for one, propose this as a method for killing it off.

By making them compete, hehe