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    WHEN WILL YOUR INSULIN BE GENERIC?

    Apr 12, 2019 4 minutes
    By Kristina Naseman, PharmD, MPH, MLDE, BCACP, CDE, and Laura Hieronymus, DNP, MSEd, RN, MLDE, BC-ADM, CDE, FAADE

    Americans are concerned about the rising cost of prescription medications. This is especially true when you have diabetes. In fact, individuals with diabetes have 2.3 times higher health care costs than those without diabetes. Additionally, one in seven health care dollars is spent on diabetes and its complications. Health care professionals and people with diabetes know that a large portion of the costs are medications for diabetes.

    While many other medications have less-expensive generic versions, when you have diabetes you may wonder when generic insulin will be

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