Eli Lilly cuts insulin prices up to 70% amid pressure to slash costs Wednesday, March 1 by ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Eli Lilly will cut the price of its most commonly prescribed insulin products by 70% and expand a program that caps patient costs at $35 per month, the company said on Wednesday."While the current healthcare system provides access to insulin for... Read More.
Study: 3 in 10 uninsured Americans with diabetes may ration insulin Wednesday, October 19 by ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Nearly 30% of Americans living with diabetes who are uninsured may ration their insulin to save money, according to a new study.Researchers at Harvard Medical School, the City University of New York's Hunter College and consumer advocacy organization Public Citizen determined... Read More.
Boy, 10, faces lawmakers to lobby for lower insulin prices Thursday, September 15 by ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A 10-year-old boy is on a mission to make life easier for the 37.7 million Americans who suffer from diabetes.Jameson Wardle was 5 years old when he was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, a chronic disease in which the insulin-making cells... Read More.
Republicans strip $35 insulin price cap from Democrats’ bill — but insist Senate rules are to blame Monday, August 8 by ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Nearly uniform Republican opposition in the Senate on Sunday stripped a proposed cap on insulin prices in private insurance from Democrats' party-line climate, health and tax bill.Democrats had sought to overrule a decision from the Senate rules official, the parliamentarian, that a... Read More.
Poison’s Bret Michaels supporting legislation calling for more affordable insulin for diabetics Thursday, April 14 by ABC NewsPoison frontman Bret Michaels, who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes as a child, is voicing his support for the Affordable Insulin Now Act, legislation that would put a $35 cap on insulin prices for people with private healthcare... Read More.
House votes to cap cost of insulin at $35, heads to Senate Thursday, March 31 by ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Congress could soon send to the president's desk a bill that would cap the cost of the lifesaving drug insulin at $35 per month -- a move that could significantly reduce and rein in out-of-pocket drug costs for millions of Americans with... Read More.