Like others seeking change, such as disability rights advocates and the Black Lives Matter movement, diabetes activists have used social media hashtags to find one another, build momentum, and change the public conversation.
Slated to premiere at SXSW just a week after Eli Lilly s price-cutting insulin announcement, the film makes a broader case for overall prescription drug price reform in the United States.
The prices of insulin have skyrocketed over the years to the point where many people who need the drug have had to make tough choices in order to afford it.
Pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly will cut the list price of its most prescribed insulin products by 70% by the end of the year and place an immediate $35 cap on patients' monthly cost.