insulin too sparingly. You guys know than Banting and Best gave their patent for the discouvery of insulin to the public for $1. There is no reason for such high prices unless it is your intent to break up the fabric of society and teach society to be immune from the pain and death of the few (or many in this case).

The CTV report showed the woman whose son died saying she thought she would go to prison if she crossed the border with insulin she bought in Canada.

One of the old hippie conspiracy theories during the Vietnam War was that TPTB wanted to "thin the herd" of baby boomers by sending them to Vietnam. Maybe that old CT needs to be revisited.

corporations have other markets now. They deregulate and get rich canibalizing american people's wealth. I think they certainly don't care and would rather have people working, for not much, without that pesky voting ability that comes with american citizenship. So temp workers it is. Hello Saudi Arabia.

it's part of why we don't have healthcare as a basic human right in the US; it's why we don't have affordable childcare, it's why companies aren't legislated to give vacation or sick time; it's why our privacy laws are so weak, etc. What our govt. can't see, all morals aside, is that if you keep the populace alive instead of letting them die of neglect, that's more tax $$ for the govt.

These folks should NOT be having to go to Canada to get their insulin.

It is a WHO essential medicine. All WHO essential medicines should be available at no cost in the United States.

that the public does not know where to go with all the outragious stuff going on. In canada we can still focus on a few stories a day. 36 million people is manageable. It is almost like a gish gallop in the us where so many bad things happen that you can't take it all in or refute all the GOP policy.

I learned that insulin was not a prescription drug in Canada. We should take steps to make that a reality in the US.

They always get cheaper, because of competition. Big Pharma is gouging the hell out of consumers of all income levels. I take a store brand of the medicine known as Nexium. When it was prescription, it was very expensive. When I buy the Walgreens or CVS brand of the underlying medicine, esomeprazole magnesium, it costs only about forty cents a capsule.

Canada is proof that taking insulin off of the prescription-only list will bring the price down.

It makes no sense. There should be competition because there was never a patent on insulin. It was given to the public around the 1920s. Any company should be making it. As to it being over the counter i agree with you. If you need insulin you need it. And you are not going to take it if you don't need it. I agree with you there. Issue that is close to my heart. Why is there no competition now to keep the price down? I don't get that. Makes me sick to hear of people dying.

We have a new local pharmacy in town now, thank god.
I buy only generic drugs, thank god I have that option. The local guy gets the scrips that Wal-Mart price gouges, and I even pay a bit more for another script because Wal-Mart prices changes every damn day, I always have to fight with them when getting prescriptions there,,EVERY damn time.

On top of that, google Wal Mart and Wal Greens "court settlement" and dozens of lawsuits by the Gov. come back for their dishonesty , lying to customers, etc.

300 miles. We made a vacation out of it. I take an NSAID gel that my copay for the generic is $25. The name brand version of the drug is on the shelves for $10CAD.

I have a friend in BC who would cheerfully send me anything I need, and a friend in Mexico.
Luckily, I don't need to use them at the moment.

It was especially handy that I got the room with points, gas prices were relatively low, and I drove a Prius.

you in the US?

You just have to insure the pharmacy is Canadian. A lot of Americans are having prescriptions mailed in from cheaper places abroad. Of course, when Money gets involved, fraud is not far behind, you have to use your senses to avoid scammers. Once you find a good Canadian pharmacy, stay with it.

The only drawback is they don't ship in the hot summer months so you have to plan ahead. We save a fortune.

Shipments in the summer would likely involve sitting in a hot truck somewhere during transit.

pretty much spent. We live on the east coast and buy from a pharmacy on the west coast of Canada so there's that. It probably wouldn't be the case if we found a place in Quebec or Ontario.