Legislation to limit insulin costs for people with diabetes is getting a new push in the Senate.
. House Democrats say insulin legislation that musters 60 votes in the Senate would also pass their chamber.Schumer is a prominent cosponsor of a recent bill from Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., that would limit insulin copays to $35 a month for patients covered by private insurance and those on Medicare. Although it would expand on a Medicare option launched as an experiment by the Trump administration, the bill's roster of cosponsors includes no Republicans.
“I think that there ought to be enough support to get this passed in a bipartisan way,” Warnock said Tuesday in an interview. “Something as puny as politics shouldn't get in the way of providing access to a life-saving drug.” Health care has been a central issue for the freshman senator.Collins says a limit on copays for insured people is only a partial solution, since it doesn't help uninsured patients.
“We are looking more broadly at the whole system of insulin pricing,” Collins said in an interview. “It is a priority for both Jeanne and me, and we believe we are positioned to advance a well-thought-out bill.” They plan to introduce it later this month. “It would be a clear benefit for people with insurance who have a high deductible that they have to get through,” Cubanski said. “The only caveat is that those who struggle the most affording insulin are people who don't have health insurance.”The drug pricing provisions in Biden's domestic agenda would tackle insulin costs from multiple angles. In addition to a similar $35 monthly cap on patient costs, the bill would authorize Medicare to negotiate insulin prices.
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