'People who need insulin shouldn't have to break the bank just to survive, but in the U.S. they often do.' —hrw.
HRW noted Tuesday that nearly every one of the 50 insulin-dependent people interviewed for the new report"said they had rationed analog insulin because of out-of-pocket costs, taking it in ways not recommended by their physician in order to stretch their supply."
HRW argues that the U.S. government's continued failure to constrain soaring prices"undermines equal and affordable access to insulin analogs" and"contravenes the right to health." The report also stresses that pharmaceutical companies"have a responsibility under the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights to respect human rights and ensure that their practices do not cause or contribute to human rights abuses."
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