How Big Pharma and insurers are leaving Minnesotans sick, hospitalized, even dead

[TexasTowelie]

Quinn Nystrom’s inbox is a repository of despair for Minnesota’s diabetics.

There’s the dispatch from the bride-to-be wondering if Nystrom has any insulin to spare. The woman can’t afford insurance and wishes not to be sick, if only for her wedding day.

There’s the father of a diabetic 8-year-old. He works multiple jobs, yet is unable to cover his deductible.

Then there’s the pregnant woman who makes $35,000 a year, too little to stay healthy. “She begged me to bring back insulin from Canada,” says Nystrom, where it sells for one-tenth of the U.S. price.

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