The Patient Council is pleased to report that our survey got 1,134 responses – the Right Care Alliance’s full email list put us over our goal-line of a thousand, and we are grateful! The responses give strong indications of how … Read more
On March 16, Right Care DC hosted a community forum on drug prices, featuring DC Representative Jamie Raskin.
On Tuesday March 5, a dozen patients, clinicians, and activists from Right Care Boston delivered six gravestones bearing the names of the six people who have died in the past few years from insulin rationing. Three of these deaths — … Read more
The activists brought the four-foot tall plywood gravestones to the Sanofi entrance and secured them to metal posts with heavy gauge wire, then told the stories of Jesse Lutgen, Micah Fischer, and Meaghan Carter.
The fact that Lilly thinks they deserve praise for charging a 2,500 percent markup on their insulin instead of a 5,000 percent markup shows you just how dysfunctional the system is.
In May 2018, Mindi Patterson signed the Right Care Alliance Mother’s Day Card, sending a message to insulin manufacturers that they need to lower insulin prices. Six months later, Mindi’s sister-in-law Meaghan Carter died from the same thing that killed Alec and Antavia — diabetic ketoacidosis from insulin rationing.
The newest story from Humans of Right Care, from Boston member Mary O’Connor Mack.
by Julie Martinez, Patient Council member Beginning last spring, members of the RCA patient council from around the country have been meeting by video and phone conference every month to discuss ways we can promote the RCA’s goal of transforming … Read more
For the 4th year in a row, the Right Care Alliance held a retreat on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. This year’s retreat focused on the RCA’s political platform and state political initiatives, followed by a tabling activity in the local community fair.
Jesse died a tragic, preventable death from rationing insulin because he could not afford it. His mother Janelle tells the story…