> While I had some bills to cover — being a type 1 diabetic, I had to purchase insulin — living in Canada meant that I didn't need to worry about the risk of extraordinary costs from a hospital stay. Had I been living in the USA, I would have needed to prioritize seeking employment and medical insurance and likely would not have been able to discharge the duty which fate had thrust upon me.
God bless Canada.
He would’ve likely qualified for Medicaid in the US if he was living in any liberal state that expanded eligibility.
This took place in 2005, nearly a decade before Medicaid expansion went into effect.
Q: How much does generic/biosimilar insulin cost in the US if you aren't insured? Does this vary by state?
It varies by state. Many states by now have programs capping it at 35$/mo, but I believe that often entails being insured under their state public insurance or another plan operating in that state (and so may not count as “uninsured cost”).
That's a lot of asterisks for a gotcha. We need universal healthcare yesterday. We are barbaric.
Federal requirements for Medicaid starting in January will result in large numbers of people losing coverage.
and if he was living in the other states?