Diabetes & Insulin Rationing
In this episode we cover the tragic story of Antavia Gotitall Lee-Worsham, a young diabetic woman forced to ration her insulin due to absurdly high costs. And we highlight T1Diabetes Journey, the organization created by Antroinette Worsham, who is fighting to change laws and prevent more deaths.
Visit the T1 Diabetes Journey website, https://www.t1diabetesjourney.org/ , to learn more about diabetes, access resources, and to support their advocacy efforts. Follow the T1Diabetes Journey on Instagram @t1diabetesjourney, Facebook @t1diabetesjourn, and Twitter @T1diabetesjourn.
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Audio Clip
Trump’s broken promises by T1DIABETES JOURNEY INC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmj9bpiJlQs
Resources
My Daughter Lost Her Life By Rationing Her Insulin: It’s Time Congress Steps Up to Prevent More Deaths by Antroinette Worsham
https://blavity.com/insulin-diabetes-mother-daughter-congress?category1=opinion&category2=politics
After Losing Daughter to Diabetes, A Mother Protests Over Insulin Prices by Marcelle Hutchins
https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2018/11/21/insulin-prices-diabetes-antroinette-worsham
Testimony of Antroinette Worsham before the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Reform Hearing on “Examining the Actions of Drug Companies in Raising Prescription Drug Prices”
https://docs.house.gov/meetings/GO/GO00/20190129/108817/HHRG-116-GO00-Wstate-WorshamA-20190129.pdf
What is Diabetes? by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/basics/diabetes.html
How Race and Ethnicity Affect Diabetes Prevalence, Management, and Complications by Julia Kenney, Matthew Garza, and Eliza Skoler
https://diatribe.org/how-race-and-ethnicity-affect-diabetes-prevalence-management-and-complications
