The state of Utah could buy insulin in bulk for public employees or pay for training for health care providers in rural areas, under proposals discussed Wednesday in a news conference hosted by lawmakers and a group of Utahns with diabetes.
“Part of the challenge that individuals and families of individuals with diabetes have is they don’t know what is out there,” said state Rep. Norm Thurston (R-Provo) at the Utah Capitol. “You just don’t know where to go to get help.”
Thurston introduced a handful of proposals to provide relief to Utah diabetics and their families, who said exploding insulin costs are threatening their health and finances.