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Policy Manager #Insulin4All @T1International Formerly #PFAS @ComActionWorks Also: #ElectWomen #NeverAgain #BLM Dog mom, Neighbor. she/her. Views my own

Montpelier, VT
Joined June 2012
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Every day, millions of people around the world who rely on insulin to survive cannot access or afford it. In 2025, we organized, met with decision-makers, and built power. Our new 2025 Impact Report shares the stories behind this work, read more at t1international.com/ourimpac…
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.@EliLillyandCo just became a trillion-dollar company while families still lose loved ones because insulin is too expensive. We refuse to accept this. Join the movement demanding accountability and #insulin4all.
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T1International Advocates are hosting events for World Diabetes Day in Brazil, Democratic Republic of Congo, France, Egypt, India, Pakistan, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Nigeria, and the states of Connecticut, Indiana, New York, Ohio, Washington, and D.C. t1international.com/wdd2025
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Insulin is as essential as oxygen, yet 1 in 3 people rationed it last year due to cost. The insulin price crisis isn’t over. Stop listening to Big Pharma—listen to patients. See T1International’s latest survey and support the fight: t1international.givingpage.o… #insulin4all
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Join us tomorrow in D.C. for the fight to make insulin affordable for all. Can’t be there? Join the livestream and share our stories with your networks. Sign up for the action here: actionnetwork.org/forms/feb2… Join the livestream here: facebook.com/events/93085012…
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Please join T1International in welcoming four new board members!
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2024 World Diabetes Day saw T1I advocates rally for insulin accessibility. Global Advocate Janice joined groups like MSF, Santé Diabète, and more to demand Novo Nordisk drop insulin pen prices to $1. WA's #insulin4all chapter also protested in Seattle. Thanks for supporting! #WWD
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Today is World Diabetes Day! Today, we honor our strength, resilience, and commitment to affordable diabetes care for all. Share your story through our Out of Pocket Expenses Survey to empower our fight for change. Available in 5 languages: t1international.com/access-s…
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Scientists who discovered #insulin over 100 years ago envisioned a world where everyone could access diabetes treatment. Yet today, these corporations which ‘improve people lives worldwide’ stand in the way of millions who need life-saving medicine. Today, our message is clear.
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"No monopoly is going to thrive over the expense of people," says Monwabisi Mbasa from @TAC setting the tone for our mission today. insulin for #1DollarAPen #WorldDiabetesDay2024
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Today, on #WorldDiabetesDay, we are calling on @novonordisk, @sanofi, and @EliLillyandCo to take urgent action to increase access to diabetes medical tools in LMICs by immediately making insulin pen injection devices available at US$1 per pen (R17,81). msfsa.me/3YPLCOn
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Shaina Kasper retweeted
On 23 Sept, we wrote letters to @NovoNordisk, @Sanofi & @EliLillyandCo asking them to make lifesaving insulin pens available at $1/pen (which costs them $0.94 each to make, btw). Here's what we think of their responses🖍️ msfaccess.org/msf-comments-r…
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New research from @LizSchrier @awgaffney @swoolhandler and others that gives us lots of data to support our advocacy for #insulin4all price caps, not copay caps in the US 🧵
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Taxpayers should help people get access to essential medications, not subsidizing #BigPharma's greed. Congress can ensure that insulin is affordable and accessible to all and not a drain on taxpayers by implementing an insulin price cap. #insulin4all
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And quick reminder: insulin only costs a few dollars to manufacture.jamanetwork.com/journals/jam… Reducing US insulin prices to Canadian or UK levels would have saved taxpayers in the US as much as $19.5 billion in 2019 (92%)
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God really said look how many Jewish holidays I can pack into gotv
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I’ve written and talked about this before. Disabled people are oracles
Marginalized people, poor people, disabled people etc. are always the first to warn society about an impending crisis. And they are almost always ignored. Yet, when everything collapses, they are the first to be abandoned. This is an unacceptable moral injustice.
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A lot of anger at Lina Khan is that she does extremely basic stuff like letting members of the public submit information about mergers. Big business doesn't want competence in government, so they make up bullshit like she has weird antitrust theories. teapawt.net/matthewstoller/status/…
The FTC just did something so obvious, it now has a web form where anyone can submit comments on mergers that it is investigating. Lina Khan is a monster! ftc.gov/enforcement/merger-r…
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This is amazing news for #insulin4all in Pakistan where Big Three insulin manufacturers are stopping distributing insulin. Insulin will be delivered to children with #t1d in three regions in Punjab. Thank you @MeethiZindagi for your incredible work in #access2meds
Special meeting chaired by Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif 🔹Approval of setting up cath lab in hospitals in Mianwali, Jhang, Leh, Ek and Jhelum. 🔹Children with type 1 diabetes will be provided with insulin at home.
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