Crossing The Border For More Affordable Insulin

Latino USA

My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture

4.9 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

From KPBS and PRX, “Port of Entry” tells personal stories, stories of love, hope, struggle and survival, from fronterizas and fronterizos and other people whose lives are shaped by the wall. Despite the pandemic and travel restrictions, people are still crossing into Tijuana for medical procedures and medications. They’re looking to save money on everything from discount dental work and weight-loss surgery to more affordable insulin. People like Liz Salcido, who has Type 2 diabetes. She needs insulin daily, just to survive. But sometimes, when money is tight, she’s had to ration the life-saving drug. In this episode of “Port of Entry,” we follow Salcido and another San Diego woman who went on a journey to find more affordable insulin across the border in Tijuana.

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0:00.0	I'm Maria Inojosa, and I am Penileira Mides.
0:03.0	And on this new series, we're going to get to know the most powerful Mexican government
0:08.6	official ever to face trial in the US for his alleged ties to the infamous drug lord, El
0:15.4	Chappo.
0:16.4	But this is not your regular narco story.
0:19.3	It's like true crime, myths, telenovela.
0:22.6	This is our new series, USA versus García Luna.
0:27.1	Find it whatever you get your podcasts and at futuroinvestigates.org.
0:34.1	Dear listener, today we're bringing you another episode from the series on medical tourism
0:45.2	that our friends over at the Port of Entry podcast are sharing with us.
0:50.8	Port of Entry is a podcast from KPBS in San Diego and PRX that tells cross-border
0:57.0	personal stories that connect us.
1:00.4	Stories of love, hope, struggle, and survival from frontedizas and frontedizos and other
1:07.1	people whose lives are shaped by the wall.
1:11.0	Medical tourism is big business in Tijuana.
1:14.4	The US government estimates that close to 1 million people in California alone cross
1:19.2	to Mexico every year for medical procedures or to buy prescription drugs.
1:24.5	Today, a story about two women and their journeys to find more affordable insulin in Tijuana.
1:31.0	Here's the host of Port of Entry, Alan Lillintal, who's going to take it from here.
1:36.6	Quick heads up, a few F-bombs do make an appearance in this episode.
1:41.4	Hey, here at 69.
1:43.4	There.
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