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Nearly 2 million Americans are held ransom, facing death without insulin. PAY OR DIE portrays families receiving these n | dG1fRjFNMl9USzdhV1E
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00:00 I remember every single day.
00:03 Birthdays, vacations.
00:05 I have a hard time remembering the day of the funeral.
00:09 I'm a type 1 diabetic. My daughter's a type 1 diabetic.
00:13 Do you need to do a shot?
00:14 I can't do it.
00:15 I lost my job and then we lost our home.
00:18 The person who has type 1 diabetes will not survive without taking insulin.
00:23 Oh my god.
00:24 In the States, medicine is handled like a business.
00:27 In Canada, it's healthcare.
00:28 I could come to Canada and save $1,555.10.
00:33 In '96, insulin was $21.
00:37 2019, it goes to almost $300.
00:40 Over a 1,000% price increase.
00:42 And that's killing people.
00:44 My son died because he struggled to afford the one medicine created to save his life.
00:50 Patients over.
00:51 We made a pact that no other family will go through the pain that we're going through.
00:55 This has to stop.
00:56 When you're fighting Big Pharma, there are no guarantees.
01:00 I will not rest until I have seen justice for the lives that Pharma and our government has taken.
01:05 Joshua!
01:07 Joshua!
01:08 Jesse!
01:09 Jesse!
01:10 Justice for Alex!
01:12 Justice for Alex!
01:14 My biggest worry is staying alive.
01:18 What do we want?
01:21 Insulin for all!
01:22 When do we want it?
01:23 Now!
01:24 Enough is enough.
01:26 We gotta change the system.
01:28 (dramatic music)
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