Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Jun 2020
COVID-19 border closures worry Americans who come to Canada to buy insulin
30 May 2020 - 'You're literally being denied the air that you need to breathe,' Travis Paulson says.
When Travis Paulson drove from his home in northern Minnesota to the Canadian border last month, he thought he'd have little trouble crossing over to buy his insulin.
Paulson, a Type 1 diabetic, has made the trip many times for himself and others as the price of the lifesaving drug has skyrocketed in the United States over the last decade. A vial in Canada costs roughly $25 US, a fraction of the $350 to $400 he would be charged in his home country.
