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Subject Man Dies After Losing Health Insurance And Switching To Cheaper Wal-Mart Insulin

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Josh Wilkerson was alone, in sleeping quarters above the northern Virginia dog kennel where he worked, when he suffered a series of strokes that would prove fatal.

He had aged out of his stepfather's health insurance plan on his 26th birthday and eventually switched to over-the-counter insulin. Like many other diabetics his age, he could not afford the prescription brand he needed.

A few hours after taking another dose of the lower-grade medication that June day in Leesburg, Wilkerson was in the throes of a diabetic coma - his blood sugar level 17 times higher than what is considered normal.

His death at age 27 illustrates the worst-case scenario for thousands of lower-income people living with diabetes in the United States who depend on over-the-counter insulin that - for $25 a vial at Walmart - sells for one-tenth of what the more effective version costs.

Last week, the Trump administration announced steps to allow states to import lower-priced medication from Canada - a plan that could potentially include insulin.

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Yeah...that's a LOAD of CRAP!   First,  the insulin is the exact same as sold in other pharmacies, it's from Novolin and you can buy it anywhere.  Walmart does NOT have it's own brand of insulin so that is just a bold faced LIE!

and yes, the products work EXACTLY as they are supposed to.  Now, depending on what type of diabetes a person has they might not should be using certain Novolin insulins (They have several) BUT to suggest Walmart in any way caused this mans death is outright criminal!

Ok...yep, it's buried in the story..he was type 1. They have special needs and the problem is not Walmart, it's that generic insulin is not available....
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Original Message Josh Wilkerson was alone, in sleeping quarters above the northern Virginia dog kennel where he worked, when he suffered a series of strokes that would prove fatal.

He had aged out of his stepfather's health insurance plan on his 26th birthday and eventually switched to over-the-counter insulin. Like many other diabetics his age, he could not afford the prescription brand he needed.

A few hours after taking another dose of the lower-grade medication that June day in Leesburg, Wilkerson was in the throes of a diabetic coma - his blood sugar level 17 times higher than what is considered normal.

His death at age 27 illustrates the worst-case scenario for thousands of lower-income people living with diabetes in the United States who depend on over-the-counter insulin that - for $25 a vial at Walmart - sells for one-tenth of what the more effective version costs.

Last week, the Trump administration announced steps to allow states to import lower-priced medication from Canada - a plan that could potentially include insulin.

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