Having to use the older insulins is shitty, and it shouldn't be happening, but it's not the thing that's killing people.
In a way it is killing people, blood sugar control is much easier with a mix of the newer insulins, and patience compliance is much higher. This directly translates into better quality of life and lower disease burden from diabetes complications.
No one can argue that pharmcos shouldn't be paid for R & D that increases quality of life, in civilized countries the taxpayer should and will pay for your medication if it's an improvement over what's already at market.
But here people seem to be arguing that if you can't afford anything else there's still Walmart short-acting Humalog, and you get to bear all the risk, and that's just fine.
In a way it is killing people, blood sugar control is much easier with a mix of the newer insulins, and patience compliance is much higher. This directly translates into better quality of life and lower disease burden from diabetes complications.
No one can argue that pharmcos shouldn't be paid for R & D that increases quality of life, in civilized countries the taxpayer should and will pay for your medication if it's an improvement over what's already at market.
But here people seem to be arguing that if you can't afford anything else there's still Walmart short-acting Humalog, and you get to bear all the risk, and that's just fine.