# Surviving on $50 with no prescriptions or insurance **URL:** \ **Category:** Type 1 & LADA\ **Tags:** nph, r-insulin, cost-of-health-care, cost-of-diabetes\ **Created:** [August 31, 2017, 6:14pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/surviving-on-50-with-no-prescriptions-or-insurance/1806 "2017-08-31T18:14:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 28
**Author:** ![Michel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/michel/32/387_2.png) [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2017, 2:29am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/surviving-on-50-with-no-prescriptions-or-insurance/1806/28 "2017-09-01T02:29:07Z")
FYI, we have an old thread (a wiki, in fact) that came out just after we found about poor Shane Boyle, that discussed the same topic, and also covers other diabetic items (not only insulin): > [@EMERGENCY: Cheapest insulin and diabetes supplies](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/emergency-cheapest-insulin-and-diabetes-supplies/989): > > What do you do when you can’t afford your expensive analogue insulin this month? The [horrifying story of Shane Boyle](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/rip-shane-boyle-dka-could-not-afford-insulin/985) made me wonder what the cheapest diabetes supplies for a month would be – I mean rock-bottom, what you would do if you had no other way to stay alive (beyond asking for charity). This is what I found (no prescription required for any of it, except in one state,Indiana): vial of NPH, for 2x day injection, no prescription required, $25/ vial (Walmart) - maybe 2x per month? v… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/surviving-on-50-with-no-prescriptions-or-insurance/1806)._