Diana

Mother of a child with multiple disabilities and advocate for children with complex medical needs and disabilities. Healthcare voter.

[Diana @df18612]

#txlege #ProtectTXFragileKids #PainAndProfit #MISmanagedCare #StarKidsFailsKids #MCOsProfitKidsLose #FixThisMess #ThisIsWhyWeFight
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[Diana @df18612]

@SenTedCruz Please support people with disabilities and their ability to live independently in their homes & communities by investing in the HCBS program through the #BuildBackBetterAct!

[Diana @df18612]

@JohnCornyn Please support people with disabilities and their ability to live independently in their homes & communities by investing in the HCBS program through the #BuildBackBetterAct!

[James Talarico @jamestalarico]

This is strong bipartisan legislation, but it’s only a step toward our eventual goal: guaranteed healthcare.

Insulin should be free, because insulin is a human right.

[James Talarico @jamestalarico]

If our legislation passes, Texas would become the 16th state to cap the price of insulin. It would also be the largest state to do so.

[James Talarico @jamestalarico]

My legislation—House Bill 40—would cap out-of-pocket costs for insulin at $50/month and require the Attorney General to investigate rising insulin prices.

I’m also co-authoring HB 18 with @TomOliverson which would make insulin available at a discounted rate to uninsured Texans.

[James Talarico @jamestalarico]

3. There’s no competition. The big three companies surround their insulin patent with lots of other patents to make the original patent last longer (known as “evergreening”)

Then they spend millions in lobbying to prevent policymakers from closing any of these loopholes.

[James Talarico @jamestalarico]

2. There’s no generic. Insulin is a biological product not a chemical product, which makes it harder to produce a generic (called a “biosimilar”). The big three companies enter into “pay for delay” schemes where they pay potential biosimilar manufacturers not to enter the market.

[James Talarico @jamestalarico]

In the last 20 years, the price of insulin has skyrocketed 1200% while manufacturing costs have remained relatively constant. It costs companies less than $10 per vial to produce insulin.

There are three primary reasons for this massive increase...

[Diana @df18612]

THIS

[James Talarico @jamestalarico]

Even with health insurance, I paid $684 for my first 30-day supply of insulin—the medicine I need to live. I had to put it on a credit card.

Now that I’m a legislator, I have excellent state health insurance to cover my insulin.

Every Texan should be entitled to the same.

[James Talarico @jamestalarico]

Even with health insurance, I paid $684 for my first 30-day supply of insulin—the medicine I need to live. I had to put it on a credit card.

Now that I’m a legislator, I have excellent state health insurance to cover my insulin.

Every Texan should be entitled to the same.

[Protect TX Fragile Kids @fragilechildTX]

🚨 IMMEDIATE ACTION NEEDED 🚨
- Register & provide testimony in opposition, in person or virtually by Tues, 3/23
- Call House Human Services Cmte Members https://t.co/WMGqkcmRMi
- Share this!
#protecttxfragilekids #txlege #misManagedCare #StarKidsFailsKids

[Diana @df18612]

#texaswinterstorm2021 #TexasBlackout #TexasSnowStorm2021 #txlege https://t.co/ZGcMMjpG04

[Diana @df18612]

For middle-class parents of disabled children, good income and “great health insurance” are still not enough to cover the gaps that cannot be filled without the safety net that only good government programs can provide. #MedicaidMatters #FundTheWaitlists https://t.co/5cdKoDqHUg

[Diana @df18612]

@SarahforHD134 @VoteAnnJohnson Thank you @SarahforHD134 for being a champion for Texas medically fragile kids and women’s reproductive health. We’ll miss you so much and hope your legacy continues. Wish you the best!

[Protect TX Fragile Kids @fragilechildTX]

Recognizing Rep. @Mattkrause as a champion for little #Texans with disabilities. Thank you, Rep. Krause, for fighting for our kids! https://t.co/x9UPX0XU2C

#protectTXfragilekids #txlege

[Protect TX Fragile Kids @fragilechildTX]

Recognizing @loiskolkhorst as a champion for little #Texans with disabilities. Thank you, Senator Kolkhorst! https://t.co/ErlJXY3NFc

#GoVote2020 #protectTXfragilekids #txlege

[Protect TX Fragile Kids @fragilechildTX]

Recognizing @SarahforHD134 as a champion for little Texans w/disabilities. Thank you, Rep. Davis! https://t.co/hXhRxkqfsv
#GoVote2020 #protectTXfragilekids

[Protect TX Fragile Kids @fragilechildTX]

Recognizing State Senator @TxChuy as co-sponsor of important legislation and for his efforts to improve policies for little #Texans with disabilities. Thank you, Senator Hinojosa! https://t.co/4qj6e1whth #GoVote2020 #protectTXfragilekids #txlege

[Included. Supported. Empowered. @WeHaveAStake]

Report: Low pay makes disability caregivers a ‘workforce in crisis’ | @cronkitenews
https://t.co/XDvO3hqGxx #CaseForInclusion

[Jeremy Blackman @jblackmanChron]

It's been over a year since lawmakers passed what was supposed to be basic new insurance protections for the sickest, most vulnerable Texans, many of them children. State health officials still still haven't implemented the changes #txlege https://t.co/xjcG3yHHrM