Turn Blue For Diabetes

07/12/2023

Need help navigating your child's his/her newly diagnosis of T1D and school? Join my dear friend, fellow T1D mom and fierce longtime advocate, Crystal Woodward and learn about "Safe at School!" 🩵

📆Save the date! On Wednesday, July 19 at 11:00 a.m. ET, we're hosting a back-to-school discussion led by school nurses. Get ready for the upcoming school year by joining other parents, school staff, and providers in this informative session. 📚Register today at https://bit.ly/46z36kV.

04/21/2023

Do you live in OK or have friends/family who do? This is for YOU🩵

This system of secret negotiations and pass-throughs completely leaves out patients, many of whom are struggling to manage chronic diseases and family budgets, says Tulsa diabetes patient advocate Kim Koleber

04/20/2023

We need the help of Senate Floor Leader Greg McCortney and the Oklahoma Senate to vote in favor of HB2853 to lower prescription drug pricing. Thank you to Representative Kevin Wallace and Senator John Montgomery for sponsoring the bill - it received unanimous support so far.

Find your legislator and let them know we need HB2853 to pass:

https://diabetespac.salsalabs.org/okrebatereform/index.html

04/19/2023

This legislation (HB 2853) will help lower prescription drug costs at the pharmacy counter for nearly 1M Oklahomans. The bill would make sure that the rebates and discounts that health plans (your insurance co) and PBMs (middlemen) negotiate with drug manufacturers are actually passed on to the patients (You, I and our loved ones) when we pick them up from from the pharmacy counter. In 2020 PBMs pocketed more than $450 BILLION in revenue.
This perverse and unregulated drug pricing system forces people to overpay for their RX meds, threatening patient health and outcomes.
Pick up the phone, send an email to your OK State Senator NOW. And then share, thank you! http://www.oklegislature.gov/FindMyLegislature.aspx?Address=&Address2=&City=&Zip=

Ask your lawmakers to promote prescription drug affordability through rebate reform.

03/17/2023

Calling all OK Advocates🩵Come join us

In addition to our March 22 advocacy day — information below — tune in to "Living Oklahoma" on FOX 25 on March 20 at 10 a.m. CT to hear an interview with our very own DPAC Champion Kim Koleber!

03/09/2023

Thank you KJRH🩵Channel 2 News We are OKLAHOMA



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One of the largest drug manufacturers of insulin is drastically decreasing the out-of-pocket costs for the medicine. Insulin price cap step in the right direction, but not helpful for everyone.

03/02/2023

On this day 3-1-23 🩵

The moves announced Wednesday promise critical relief to some people with diabetes who can face annual costs of more than $1,000 for insulin they need in order to live.

02/14/2023

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02/08/2023

“We pay more for prescription drugs than any major country on Earth. For example, one in ten Americans has diabetes. Every day, millions need insulin to control their diabetes so they can stay alive. Insulin has been around for 100 years. It costs drug companies just $10 a vial to make.

But, Big Pharma has been unfairly charging people hundreds of dollars – and making record profits. Not anymore. We capped the cost of insulin at $35 a month for seniors on Medicare. But there are millions of other Americans who are not on Medicare, including 200,000 young people with Type I diabetes who need insulin to save their lives. Let’s finish the job this time. Let’s cap the cost of insulin at $35 a month for every American who needs it. This law also caps out-of-pocket drug costs for seniors on Medicare at a maximum $2,000 per year.”
- President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.,
State of the Union 2023

MAKE INSULIN AFFORDABLE!
MAKE INSULIN ACCESSABLE!
MAKE INSULIN ATTAINABLE FOR EVERYONE WHO NEEDS IT.

We CAN have 💙🩵💙

02/02/2023

Join Senator Carri Hicks and Kim Koleber present ADVOCACY 101

What does it take to be an advocate? You’re already there! Legislators are elected to serve their constituents, and they can only learn the needs of their population by hearing directly from them. Join us for a Brown Bag discussion on how to make the most of your voice and your story. Listen to so...

12/09/2022

💙Until the cure, we advocate 🔷️🟦

12/08/2022

💙 Until the cure, we will continue our advocacy efforts

11/29/2022

Interviews with Channels 2 KOTV & 8 KTUL 💙 thank you 💙 Megan Quickle (PWT1D) Always Advocating for the 37+million Americans living with diabetes

11/28/2022

Reading of Mayor G.T. Bynum's Nov Diabetes Awareness Month and interviews with Channels 2 KOTV & 8 KTUL 💙 thank you 💙 Megan Quickle (PWT1D) Always Advocating for the 37+million Americans living with diabetes

11/28/2022

Our friend in the Oklahoma State Senate & Chair OK Legislative Diabetes Caucus Carri Hicks for Senate 💙thank you & Sawyer💙

11/28/2022

Our partner for 2022 TurnBlueForDiabetes 💙Kim Boaz-Wilson 💙 Thank you