Why the price of insulin is a danger to diabetics | Brooke Bennett

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Health & Fitness, Fitness, Shoshana Ungerleider, Medicine, How To Be Healthier, Ted Shoshana, Ted Talks Health

4.2 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2022

⏱️ 23 minutes

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The price of insulin in the US is both outrageous and deadly to those who can't live without it. Diabetes advocate Brooke Bennett shares her own struggles living with type 1 diabetes and how the astronomical cost of a life-saving drug leaves millions struggling to survive. A rallying cry for an affordable and humane livelihood for those with chronic illness. Stay tuned after as Shoshana talks about the lifecycle of medication, from when it's made to how it's priced -- and the companies looking to disrupt that process to make life-saving drugs more accessible.

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective
0:08.5	This is Ted Health.
0:09.5	I'm Dr. Soshana Ungerleiter.
0:13.0	On today's show, Diabetes Advocate Brooke Bennett shares her struggles with living with
0:18.2	type 1 diabetes and calls for an affordable and humane livelihood for those with chronic
0:23.9	illness.
0:25.4	To the top, join me for a journey down the winding pill trail from the moment your medication
0:31.0	gets made to the moment you pay for it at your local pharmacy.
0:35.6	We'll discover who gets to decide the cost of your drugs and explore what the government
0:40.1	and some other companies are doing to disrupt the process and offer solutions for Americans
0:45.0	right now.
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