# The Insulin Wars

**URL:** <https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/the-insulin-wars/6232>\
**Category:** Insurance\
**Created:** [January 21, 2019, 6:37pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/the-insulin-wars/6232 "2019-01-21T18:37:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![ClaudnDaye](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/claudndaye/32/5_2.png) [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2019, 6:37pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/the-insulin-wars/6232/1 "2019-01-21T18:37:46Z")

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Written from a Doctor’s perspective.

> **[Opinion | The Insulin Wars](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/18/opinion/cost-insurance-diabetes-insulin.html)**
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> How insurance companies farm out their dirty work to doctors and patients.

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**Author:** ![TiaG](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/tiag/32/594_2.png) [@TiaG](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/TiaG)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2019, 6:58pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/the-insulin-wars/6232/2 "2019-01-21T18:58:10Z")

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I read this and it made my blood boil. So, so unethical. There is no doubt that people are dying as a direct result of these policies and practices by PBMS, insurance companies and pharmas.

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**Author:** ![Chris](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/chris/32/382_2.png) [@Chris](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Chris)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2019, 7:03pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/the-insulin-wars/6232/3 "2019-01-21T19:03:31Z")

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Well written article expressing the frustration of the pharmacy “game”. Hopefully our elected officials take some action. It would be nice to see how much each Congressman and Senator take from the Pharma industry called out as well.

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**Author:** ![docslotnick](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/docslotnick/32/75_2.png) [@docslotnick](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/docslotnick)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2019, 8:19pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/the-insulin-wars/6232/4 "2019-01-21T20:19:25Z")

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This just reboils my blood.

I’ve said it many times. The easiest place to start would be a new law prohibiting rebates of any kind, at all levels of the pharmaceutical chain, except to the end consumer.

PBM’s would scream, but that’s because they would now have to work for their money.

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**Author:** ![Sam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/sam/32/10595_2.png) [@Sam](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Sam)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 6:55pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/the-insulin-wars/6232/5 "2019-01-22T18:55:43Z")

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> [@docslotnick](#):
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> prohibiting rebates of any kind, at all levels of the pharmaceutical chain

100% agree. Who except the pbm themself could possibly oppose this? It doesn’t seem that difficult.