In April, a long-awaited emergency insulin program passed in the Minnesota House and Senate. In July, the Alec Smith Insulin Affordability Act went into effect, granting diabetics a month-long ...

"Insulin is not an optional medication — it is our life support" Ellison was joined at Monday morning's press conference by Nicole Smith-Holt, mother of 26-year-old Alec Smith, who died in 2017 ...

What happens when you can’t afford your insulin? For the Smith-Holt family, the answer to this question was tragic. “I was shocked,” says Nicole Smith-Holt, remembering when her son Alec was ...

One particularly heartbreaking story that sticks with me every day is the story of Alec Smith, a 26-year-old Minnesotan who could not afford his insulin and died when he rationed his life ...