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A system that allows runaway drug prices like these places a burden not only on patients themselves, but on everyone in this country by way of the outsized financial responsibility paid by taxpayers.

My symptoms shouldn’t worsen just because a drug company wants to make a few extra dollars of profit off of my diagnosis.

By the time I was about to turn 19, I was almost out of insulin and I ended up in diabetic ketoacidosis –– a serious condition that can lead to death.

Between the high cost of insulin and other supplies, affording the necessary treatments to survive as a diabetic can be incredibly costly.

Our family has done our duty for our country only to see the system let us down in our time of need.

With every member of my family facing or having faced life-threatening illnesses requiring expensive drug treatments, I know how critical this issue is to all Americans.

I do not have that money, though I could max out some credit cards and still only get about halfway there.

I’m terrified of the possibility of a future where I have to ration insulin and depend on my parents for financial support.