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Professor Quigley Talks with WRTV about Insulin Rationing for News Story
12/10/2018
Professor Fran Quigley spoke with Indianapolis television news WRTV Channel 6 about the insulin rationing that some diabetes patients practice. The story was broadcast on December 8.
The story features an Indianapolis woman who routinely rations her insulin due to the drug's cost. She began the practice while a college student, yet has had to keep rationing her insulin even after graduating college and working at a full-time job with health benefits.
Insulin was available for less than $30 about 30 years ago, and the formula hasn't changed in that time, said Professor Quigley.
"The same vial of insulin that today will cost folks in Indianapolis as much as $300," Professor Quigley said in the story. "The same formula the same insulin in the late 1990s was available for $28."
Professor Quigley's latest book delves into the topic, Prescription for the People: An Activist's Guide to Making Medicine Affordable for All. It was published by Cornell University Press in 2017. He teaches in the Health and Human Rights Clinic at IU McKinney, and is the founder of People of Faith For Access to Medicines, or PFAM.
