I wanted to show you something today that I use every single day: my short acting insulin.
I take it with every meal, every single day. I will die without it. And three years ago, I almost did.
Three years ago, I was forced to make a choice that too many struggling families across Kentucky still have to make to this day: buy food for my girls, or refill my insulin prescription. I chose my girls, and nearly died as a result.
And the worst part of this is that the cost of insulin — like the one you see in my hands above — isn't determined by supply and demand.
Instead, few companies set a price to maximize their own profits. In 2020 alone, Eli Lilly made $2.6 billion off of Humalog, because millions of people like me have to either pay for their drug or die.
I’m running for Senate because I know what it’s like to not be able to afford quality healthcare — and I’m ready to fight so that no family in Kentucky has to make the choice that I did. If you’re ready to rise up and join me in this fight, will you chip in $5 right now to our campaign?
Healthcare is a human right, but Big Pharma companies are colluding to make the costs of life-saving drugs like insulin artificially skyrocket. In a country as rich and powerful as the United States, that is unconscionable.
I will never forget how broken I felt in that hospital bed, dying because I chose to use my last dollars to feed my daughters over my expensive insulin.
No one anywhere should die because they don’t have money in their pocket.
I’m done with this cycle of failed leadership — that’s why I’m running for U.S. Senate. My promise is to bring these lived experiences to the U.S. Senate so we can finally pass the urgent policies our families need to survive. Will you chip in anything you can to help power our fight as we build this campaign for the people of Kentucky?
Thank you,
Charles
