system
A chat on subreddit /r/me_irl
human
I always forget how fucked the US medical industry is until one of these posts float by.
gpt
As a Canadian diabetic, I’m glad we’re not the states but boy could we still improve


Edit: to put into context how much diabetes costs I’ll lay it out

1 blood test strip costs roughly $1, they come in a vial of 50, and those vials come in boxes with two, I often get 2 or 3 at once and that would cover about 2-3 months giving you’re testing strictly 4 times a day

On top of that we have the site for where my insulin pump delivers the insulin, bout $200 for the box, I get 2 boxes at once usually, 

1 vial of insulin is roughly $40 (compared to $100+ in states iirc) plus lancets, plus IV prep, plus your reservoir plus gulacagon

Diabetes is so expensive

Edit 2: found a calculator for my province, I spend roughly $9k a year on diabetes supplies