THE
GOVERNOR
% SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER
% CREATING A
TASK
FORCE
ON
% REDUCING
PRESCRIPTION DRUG
% PRICES
IN
WISCONSIN.
% TONIGHT, WE
HAVE AN
INSIDE
LOOK
% AT
HOW
FOR
DIABETICS
THE COST
OF
% LIFE-SAVING
INSULIN
HAS
GONE
% THROUGH THE
ROOF.
% FOR PATIENTS IN
WISCONSIN,
NEW
% LEGISLATION,
EVEN APART
FROM
THE
% TASK
FORCE,
COULD
PROVIDE
HOPE% FOR
CURBING
THOSE
COSTS.
% AS MARISA WOJCIK REPORTS
FROM
% APPLETON, THAT WOULD
BE
WELCOME
% NEWS
FOR A
WOMAN
THERE
WHO
% CANNOT AFFORD
THE
HIGH
PRICE
OF
% INSULIN SOLD
IN
THE UNITED
% STATES.
% >>
I
WOULD
DO
267
MINUS
125
% WHICH IS
WHERE
I
LIKE TO
BE
AND
% DIVIDE BY
35.
% >>
25-YEAR-OLD
JULIA
FLARE
FLAHERTY
% HAS BECOME
GOOD
AT
MATH.% >>
I'M A
LITTLE
HIGH
RIGHT
NOW.
% >>
SHE
CALCULATES WHAT'S
IN
THE
% FOOD
SHE'S
ABOUT
TO
EAT
AND HOW
% MUCH
FAST-ACTING
INSULIN
SHE'LL
% NEED TO
GIVE
HERSELF.
% SHE
HAS
TYPE
1
DIABETES, A% DISEASE
SHE'S
BEEN
LIVING
WITH
% SINCE SHE WAS
TEN
YEARS
OLD.% >>
I
REALIZED
THAT
EVEN AT TEN I
% WAS
GOING TO HAVE TO
BE
VERY
% RESPONSIBLE AND
VERY
AWARE
OF
MY
% BODY.%>>
SHE
LIVES
IN
APPLETON
AND
% WORKS
AS A
DIGITAL
MARKETING
% SPECIALIST, A STEADY JOB
THAT
% INCLUDES
HEALTH
INSURANCE
% BENEFITS.
% EVEN
SO,
THE
PRICE
OF
LIVING
% WITH DIABETES ADDS
UP.
% >>
I
GO TO
SEE
MY ENDOCRINE
NOL
% LIST.
% THAT'S ABOUT
$500 EACH
TIME.% >>
THERE'S A DIFFERENT KIND
OF
% MENTAL
MATH.% >>
300,
200,
315,
75.
% >>
BY
FAR
THE
MOST
COST
% PROHIBITIVE IS
THE
LIFE-SAVING
% DRUG
THAT
REGULATES
HER
% DIABETES:
INSULIN.% >>
IT
WOULD
COST
ABOUT
$1800
IN
% THE
U.S.
FOR
90
DAYS
WHERE THE
% SAME
EXACT
MEDICATION
FROM
% CANADA
IS
ABOUT
$315 FOR
ME.
% THERE'S
NO
PREMIUM
INSULIN.
% THERE'S
NO
GENERIC.% >>
IN
THE UNITED STATES
THE COST
% OF
INSULIN
HAS
TRIPLED
SINCE
% 2002.
% WHILE
JULIA
GETS
SOME
HELP
FROM
% HER
INSURANCE, SHE
HAS A
VERY% HIGH
DEDUCTIBLE,
WHICH
MEANS
% MOST COSTS
COME OUT
OF
HER
% POCKET.%>>
WE
DON'T
HAVE A
CHOICE.
% WE
HAVE
TO
BUY
IT
OR
WE
DIE.% >>
DIABETICS NEED
INSULIN.
% WITHOUT
IT
THEY
FACE
SERIOUS
% HEALTH
RISKS,
INCLUDING
DEATH.
% BUT
DESPITE
THE
SERIOUS
DANGERS,% A
RECENT
STUDY
SAYS
ONE
IN
FOUR
% PATIENTS
REPORTED
RATIONING
% THEIR
INSULIN
DUE
TO
HIGH
COSTS.
% THEY'RE
TURNING
TO
CANADA FOR
% CHEAPER
PRESCRIPTION DRUG
% PRICES.%>> I WAS
KINDS
OF
SKEPTICAL
% ABOUT IT
FOR A
WHILE.
% I WAS
LOOKING
INTO
IF THERE
WAS
% ANY
LEGAL
IMPLICATION
THAT
COULD
% COME BACK
A
T
ME.
% >>
IT
WASN'T AN EASY
PROCESS.% >>
I
HAD TO GO
THROUGH A
LOT
OF
% FORMS
AND
BACK
AND
FORTH
WITH
% THE
NURSES
AND
MY
DOCTOR,
BUT% THEY WERE
WILLING
TO
WORK
WITH
% ME ON
THAT.
% SO I
WAS
VERY
APPRECIATIVE.
% BUT THAT'S
NOT A
SOLUTION, YOU
% KNOW.
% IT'S A
WORK-AROUND.% >>
BUT
NEW
STATE
LEGISLATION
IS
% HOPING TO
CHANGE
THAT.
% MODELED
AFTER A
BILL
IN
% COLORADO, A
WISCONSIN
DEMOCRATIC
% BILL
AIMS
TO
PLACE A
CAP ON
THE
% TYPE
OF
INKS
!
INSULIN
CO-PAYS
AT
$100% A MONTH.
% THE WISCONSIN ASSOCIATION OF
% HEALTH PLANS
HAS
SAID
THEY'RE
% STILL
REVIEWING THE
PROPOSAL,
% BUT SAID
DRUG
MANUFACTURERS ARE
% RESPONSIBLE FOR
SETTING
AND
% REGULARLY
INCREASING
THE
HIGH
% LIST PRICE
FOR
INSULIN.
% THIS
PROPOSAL DOES
NOTHING
TO
% ADDRESS
THE
ACTUAL
AND
% UNSUSTAINABLE PRICE
OF
INSULIN.
% BUT
JULIA
I
S
STILL
ENCOURAGED
% SHE
IS
USING
HER
DIGITAL
% MARKETING
BACKGROUND TO
BRING
% AWARENESS
ONLINE.% >>
I
WOULD
LIKE TO
SEE
COSTS
BE
% MORE
AFFORDABLE
AND
ACCESSIBLE
% DESPITE
YOUR
SOCIOECONOMIC
% STATUS,
NOT
JUST
IN
WISCONSIN,
% BUT ACROSS
THE UNITED
STATES.
% THERE ARE
PETITIONS
GOING
OUT
% STATE BY
STATE
EVERY
DAY
ON
% WEBSITES
LIKE
CHANGE.ORG.
% I'M HAPPY
THAT
THE
CONVERSATION
% IS
STRONGER AROUND IT.
% BUT THIS IS
REALLY
JUST
THE
% BEGINNING.%>>
REPORTING
FROM
APPLETON,
I'M% MARISA
WOJCIK.% >>
TO
DIG
INTO
THE
CHALLENGES
% PEOPLE
WITH
DIABETES
FACE, AS
% WELL
AS
HOW
LEGISLATION MIGHT
% CURB
THE COST OF
INSULIN, W
E
% TURN
TO
DR. LASHAWN
GIVEER.
% HOW
CONCERNING IS IT TO
YOU
THAT
% PEOPLE MIGHT
BE
RATIONING
THEIR
% INSULIN BECAUSE OF THE
HIGH
% COST?
% >>
IT'S
EXTREMELY
CONCERNING.
% THIS
IS
SOMETHING
THAT
WE
HEAR
% NOW ALMOST
ON A
WEEKLY
BASIS,
% THAT
PEOPLE
HAVE
HAVING
TO
% RATION
THEIR
INSULIN, GO
WITHOUT
% THEIR
INSULIN
OR
MAKE
HARD
LIFE
% CHOICES
REGARDING
UTILITIES AND
% HOUSING
EXPENSES
AND
OTHER
% EXPENSES
FOR
DAILY
LIVING
% BECAUSE OF THE
HIGH COST
OF
% INSULIN.
% IN
ADDITION, THERE
ARE
% LIFE-THREATENING
CONSEQUENCES% ASSOCIATED
WITH A
PERSON
NOT
% TAKING
THEIR
MEDICATION
AS
% PRESCRIBED.%>>
WHY
IS
THE
PRICE
OF
INSULIN
% INCREASING SO
MUCH?
% >> SO
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT
THE
% AMERICAN
DIABETES
ASSOCIATION
% TOOK A VERY
LONG
LOOK
AT.
% IN
2017,
OUR BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
% COMMISSIONED A WORK GROUP
TO
% STUDY
AND
EXAMINE WHAT
ARE
THE
% ISSUES
DRIVING
THE
HIGH COST
OF
% INSULIN.
% AND
FROM
THAT
PROJECT, WE
% LEARNED
THAT THERE
ARE
MANY
% THINGS THAT ARE
CONTRIBUTING TO
% IT, BUT
ONE OF
THE
BIG
ISSUES
WE
% WALKED
AWAY
FROM
OR
CONCLUSIONS
% IS THAT
THERE'S A
LACK
OF
% TRANSPARENCY
IN
THE
INSULIN
% SUPPLY CHAIN.
% WHAT
WE
DO
KNOW
IS
THE
HIGH
LIST
% PRICE FOR
INSULIN
INFLUENCES
THE
% SUPPLY CHAIN.
% THE
HIGHER
THE
LIST
PRICE,
THE
% MORE
THAT'S
SHARED
THROUGHOUT
% THE
SUPPLY CHAIN.
% SO WE
ARE
HOPEFUL
THAT
THE
STATE
% AND FEDERAL
BILLS THAT ARE
% ADDRESSING
INSULIN
PRICING
WILL
% HELP
BRING
TRANSPARENCIES
TO
THE
% ISSUE AND
REDUCE
THE
COST
FOR
% PEOPLE
WITH
DIABETES.% >>
AS
FOR
THE
HIGH
COST,
% INSURANCE
COMPANIES ARE
KIND
OF
% POINTING
THE
FINGER
AT DRUG
FFER
% ERS.
% SHOULD
THE
DRUG
MANUFACTURERS
BE
% THE
ONES
HELD
ACCOUNTABLE?
% >>
YOU
KNOW,
WHEN
WE
DID
OUR
% PROJECT, WHAT
WE
FOUND IS THAT
% THERE'S A LACK
OF
TRANSPARENCY,
% SO
EVERY
STAKEHOLDER
WITHIN
THE
% INSULIN
SUPPLY
CHAIN
SAID
% ANOTHER
ENTITY
WAS RESPONSIBLE
% FOR THE
HIGH
COST.
% BUT, AS I
SAID,
THERE'S AN% INCENTIVE
FOR A
HIGH
LIST
PRICE,
% WHERE
THAT
BENEFIT
IS
SHARED
% THROUGHOUT.
% SO
WE'RE
HOPING
THROUGH
% TRANSPARENCY WE CAN UNDERSTAND
% WHERE ARE
AREAS
THAT WE
CAN
PUT
% FORTH
LONG-TERM
SOLUTIONS
TO
% REDUCE THE
PRICE
OF
INSULIN.
% >>
JULIA
SAID
WHILE
SHE
BUYS
HER
% INSULIN
FROM
CANADA,
SHE
% BELIEVES IT'S
NOT A
LONG-TERM
% SOLUTION.
% WHY WOULDN'T THAT
BE?
% >>
SO
NOT
EVERYONE HAS
ABILITY
% TO
TRAVEL
OUTSIDE
THE
COUNTRY
TO
% TRY AND
SOLVE
THIS
ISSUE.
% WHAT
WE'RE
FOCUSED
ON
AT
THE
% AMERICAN
DIABETES
ASSOCIATION IS
% SOLVING
THIS
PROBLEM
WITHIN
OUR
% COUNTRY.
% COLORADO AND
NOW
WISCONSIN ARE
% LOOKING AT
SOLUTIONS THAT
WOULD
% LOWER
THE COST OF
INSULIN
FOR
% PEOPLE WITH
DIABETES AND
THAT'S
% WHAT WE WANT
TO FOCUS
ON,
IS
HOW
% CAN
WE
MAKE
INSULIN
MORE
% AFFORDABLE FOR PEOPLE IN
THE
% UNITED STATES.%>> ALL
RIGHT.
% THANK
YOU SO