welladriansays's tweet - "@RepDianaDeGette @SpeakerPelosi It's invention - along with the double helix and medical research in general, is honoured on the Canadian $100 bill. - a currency that Americans like to mock for its colours . "

Insulin was discovered and developed in Canada - before the country had a national health system. It's inventors turned the patent over for a nominal fee of $1, to a university hospital.Even before the Canadian Health system was created, they felt it was immoral to profit from it