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title: ""My total pharmacy bill that day was $182, and I left Mexico with a…"
date: 2019-01-23
source: facebook
type: Archer T. Ships shared a link.
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# "My total pharmacy bill that day was $182, and I left Mexico with a…

*January 23, 2019 · Facebook*

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[https://www.t1international.com/blog/2018/08/16/crossing-borders-afford-insulin/](https://www.t1international.com/blog/2018/08/16/crossing-borders-afford-insulin/){target="_blank"}
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\"My total pharmacy bill that day was \$182, and I left Mexico with a year's supply of one insulin and a 6 month's supply of another. That same amount of insulin - the exact same, in identical cartridges and boxes with the same graphics and colors and the same words written on them (in Spanish for the Mexican insulin) - would cost me over \$3,000 with my American health coverage. Even after adding in a tank and a half of gas, I saved thousands of dollars by buying my life-saving medications in Mexico, instead of the US.\"\
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[https://www.t1international.com/blog/2018/08/16/crossing-borders-afford-insulin/](https://www.t1international.com/blog/2018/08/16/crossing-borders-afford-insulin/){target="_blank"}
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