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Israel, Italy, Germany, Greece, Taiwan and Canada -- all countries where she's bought insulin for her 13-year-old daughter at a fraction of the price in the U.S., even with health insurance. She's part of a group of people with diabetes and their parents who regularly caravan 5 hours each way from St. Paul, MN, to buy the life-saving medicine in Canada.

On a trip across the border this spring, six of them spent $1,265 on insulin supplies that would have cost them $12,400 back home.

"We saved over $11,000 by going to Canada," says Greenseid.

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But the larger point is there is no reason for a significant differential between Canada and the US at all.

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Posted by Hopeful Doc

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Posted on 8/18/19 at 10:29 pm to NC_Tigah

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But the larger point is there is no reason for a significant differential between Canada and the US at all.

I do not work for Sanofi or receive any money from them. But if your stuff isn’t covered, and you’re privately insured, $100/m beats anything else you’ll find. Their products are at least as good as any competitor as far as I’m concerned.

If you’re on Medicaid, something is covered, and the formulary in LA is readily available online.

What really blows is coverage for Medicare patients without secondary coverage or an rx plan. They get more or less screwed. There are still decent prices on plenty of passable insulin (and essentially any other class of medicine you could need), but it may not be the one that you’re used to using.

Even still, I’ve got some good friends practicing in Canada and a handful that came here and never went back. I’d much rather receive treatment here than there. And I’d much rather be a physician here than there, for what its worth.

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