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More states are doing what they can to cap insulin cost

BY: - January 13, 2023

In her early 20s, Karisa Hunt learned the hard lesson of what happens when someone rations life-preserving medication. Hunt was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes as a 4 year old and has been on insulin since then to help control her blood sugar levels. But while in college and feeling guilty for saddling her parents […]

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If Social Security is slashed, seniors like me will end up homeless

BY: - October 17, 2022

Arkansans like me are concerned with Republican plans to cut Medicare and Social Security in the next Congress. I know what it’s like to not have access to health care, and I cannot go back to that reality. In 2011, I became violently ill while traveling back from a road trip along the east coast. […]