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This is missing the point. The insulin Walmart sells for cheaps is definitely lower quality, which causes serious complications in the long run because it's impossible to _accurately_ regulate your blood glucose levels.

The newer, better insulin costs around €7 (~$8.50) per pen in Europe. That same pen costs $180+ in the US. The markup these companies charge is criminal.

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Willpostforfood’s point was that “insulin” is not an old drug, as there are many forms of it, and some are new.

Exactly, and that the Walmart version is not "low quality". It is the older formulation. The newer better insulin analogs aren't the same old drug, but priced up. They are new, different drugs that are better.

Quite the opposite: drug regulation in the USA makes it criminal for people to sell the European pens in the US.

The status quo isn't criminal: changing it to make things cheaper and more efficient is.

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