[1]Talarico for Texas



John —

When I was 28 years old, I almost died.

I was running in my first race for the Texas House. I decided to walk the
entire length of my district — 25 miles in one day — holding town halls
along the way. I wasn’t worried — I hike Big Bend every year!

But about halfway through, I started feeling nauseous and fatigued. I
threw up a couple of times on the way, but figured I was just dehydrated.
Somehow, I finished.

When I got home, I slept for 36 hours. My family rushed me to the ER,
where nurses checked my blood sugar. I was immediately diagnosed with type
1 diabetes. I was in diabetic ketoacidosis, which ends in coma and death
without insulin.

When I got out of the ICU, I went to Walgreens to pick up my first 30-day
supply of insulin. It cost me $684 for a necessary medicine that costs Big
Pharma $10 to produce. I didn’t have that kind of money (most Texans
don’t, either) — so I put it on my credit card.

This is why so many people with diabetes ration or skip doses. Some of
them die because of it.

So when I got elected, I passed bills to cap the price of insulin at $25 a
month.

[ [link removed] ]James giving a thumbs up in a hospital bed split with James giving a
speech about Access to Insulin

For years, politicians allowed Big Pharma to push people into bankruptcy
or face death because corporate profit came first. With our bill, we put
an end to Big Pharma’s manipulation of the insulin market, which drives up
prices to maximize profit.

It’s time to take our fight for guaranteed health care to our nation’s
capital and finally put the lives of Americans over the profits of
billionaire mega-donors and special interests.

But I’ll be honest: it’s going to be expensive. Big Pharma will likely
come after me in this race, pouring millions of dollars into corporate
PACs to defeat our movement. And we have to fight back without a single
dollar from corporate PACs.

[ [link removed] ]Your support would mean a lot to me. If you believe we need new leaders
fighting for the people in Washington, please consider making a donation
to our campaign today as we sprint toward the primary on March 3.

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I know what it means to fight for my life. In the U.S. Senate, I’ll fight
for yours.

James



 


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