History shows that the successful social movements are the ones led by people directly impacted by injustice. (Civil rights, labor, women’s rights, anti-apartheid, etc.) Patients like Elizabeth Pfiester and her colleagues at T1International and the #insulin4all movement will be the ones to lead us to healthcare for all. Thanks to Truthout for publishing an article by PFAM's coordinator profiling Elizabeth and T1I.
PFAM's Fran Quigley appeared on the public radio station WFYI's show No Limits , produced in partnership with Side Effects Public Media, to talk about our prescription drug pricing crisis. Other guests were Elizabeth Pfiester of PFAM ally and patient-led advocate T1International and Bob Herman of Axios Health media. Pfiester closed the discussion with an inspiring call to action for all with health challenges: “First, make sure your needs are taken care of. Then, if you have the time and energy, join us to advocate for changing this broken system.”
This past week we learned of another person dying because they could not afford their insulin. Enough is enough. No person should have to die because they cannot afford essential medicines.
Save the date! PFAM is partnering with T1International and Public Citizen, to put on a demonstration prompting Eli Lilly, producer of Humalog insulin to answer the following asks...