In keeping with this, a different study found a positive correlation between medication adherence and health insurance coverage.35 Additionally, Dehdari and Dehdari discovered that the cost of insulin, consultation fees with doctors, blood glucose test strips and the absence of health insurance were all significant factors influencing the patient’s adherence to their treatment plans.36 This finding underscores the need to consider patients’ socio-economic status and social determinants of health in diabetes management. The gene discussed is INS; the disease is diabetes mellitus.