{"id":251,"date":"2022-10-13T10:35:21","date_gmt":"2022-10-13T10:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthynewsusa.com\/?p=251"},"modified":"2022-10-13T10:35:21","modified_gmt":"2022-10-13T10:35:21","slug":"an-arm-and-a-leg-checking-up-on-californias-diy-insulin-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthynewsusa.com\/?p=251","title":{"rendered":"\u2018An Arm and a Leg\u2019: Checking Up on California\u2019s DIY Insulin Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\"><br \/>\n\t\tBy <a href=\"https:\/\/khn.org\/news\/author\/dan-weissmann\/\"><strong>Dan Weissmann<\/strong><\/a>\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"posted-on\" datetime=\"2022-10-13T05:00:00-04:00\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tOctober 13, 2022\t\t<\/time>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<textarea id=\"republish-content\" class=\"form-control\" rows=\"5\"><br \/>\n\t<span class=\"byline\">Dan Weissmann<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Can\u2019t see the audio player?\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/armandalegshow.com\/\">Click here to listen.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/armandalegshow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Web-transcript_S8-Ep2_California-Insulin-2022-26-09.docx.pdf\">Click here for a transcript of the episode.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>This year, the state of California put up $100 million to begin manufacturing its own insulin and sell it cheaply. <a href=\"https:\/\/khn.org\/news\/article\/california-wants-to-slash-insulin-prices-by-becoming-a-drugmaker-can-it-succeed\/\">How\u2019s it going to work?<\/a> (Is it going to work?)<\/p>\n<p>The price of insulin could be the starkest example of an out-of-control health care system: More than 7 million Americans need it daily to survive, and some die because they can\u2019t afford it. But it\u2019s a medicine that\u2019s been around for 100 years, a medicine its discoverers didn\u2019t want to patent.<\/p>\n<p>This episode of the \u201cAn Arm and a Leg\u201d podcast looks at how California\u2019s plan came to be, and what might stand in the state\u2019s way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn Arm and a Leg\u201d is a co-production of KHN and Public Road Productions.<\/p>\n<p>To keep in touch with \u201cAn Arm and a Leg,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/armandalegshow.com\/newsletter\/\">subscribe to the newsletter<\/a>. You can also\u00a0follow the show on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/armandalegshow\/\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/armandalegshow\">Twitter<\/a>. 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This year, the state of California put up $100 million to begin manufacturing its own insulin and sell it cheaply. How\u2019s it going to work? (Is it going to work?) 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