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The Uniparty’s Favorite Game: Pretending to Care About Your Costs While Doing Nothing
It’s not fair that this is the situation we’re in. It’s not fair that both parties are failing us. It’s not fair that costs keep rising while…
 • Dan Thrailkill
The Economics of Insulin Therapy: How the Diabetes Industry Convinced You to Spend More
This November, instead of the usual diabetes awareness fluff, let’s talk about something that matters: money, outcomes, and the personal responsibility…
 • Dan Thrailkill
The Shifting Landscape of Youth Sports: Is the Game Over for the Rec Sports for the Next Generation?
Youth sports aren’t dead, but they’re at a crossroads. Whether it’s battling corporate greed or navigating post-COVID hurdles, we can shape a future…
 • Dan Thrailkill
The Smartphone Trap: Why Handing Kids a Digital Pandora’s Box Isn’t Freedom
After seeing an Eye Opening Ad (link included in post), Our Parenting Decision was Confirmed, Again
 • Dan Thrailkill
Why We're All Just 'Big-Boned' Now: The Sneaky Normalization of Obesity in America
Unpacking the Data & Culture Behind Our Growing Acceptance of a Growing Problem, "That's normal, y'all. Pass the fries."
 • Dan Thrailkill
Vaccines Should Be Questioned, Not Eliminated
Why Choice Should Replace Mandates and Manufacturers need to be Liable to Restore Public Trust
 • Dan Thrailkill
Why the COVID-19 Narrative Felt Like a Tall Tale: Three Reasons to Raise an Eyebrow
Back in 2020, when the world shut down over COVID-19, I was like everyone else—glued to the news, trying to make sense of it all.
 • Dan Thrailkill
Price caps on Insulin make for positive headlines but Diabetics need officials to address the cause vs simply treating the symptoms
While the goal of ensuring access to essential medications like insulin is commendable, the approach of federal price setting carries significant…
 • Dan Thrailkill
How 35 years of Type 1 Diabetes influenced our decisions about COVID
On January 13th, 1988, I was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes in Columbia, South Carolina.
 • Dan Thrailkill
I am not getting Vaccinated... yet...
Why Healthcare Decisions should remain individual decisions and mandates should be questioned
 • Dan Thrailkill
The Choice in Cherokee County Georgia 
Coronavirus, the Role of Parents, and the Cherokee County Public School System allowing a choice..
 • Dan Thrailkill
I am a living long-term consequence of a virus
Type 1 Diabetes: A possible long-term side-effect of COVID-19?
 • Dan Thrailkill
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