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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsVirginia General Assembly caps insulin prices at $50 a month
https://www.nbc12.com/2020/03/06/virginia-general-assembly-caps-insulin-prices-month/Now we're talking
One of the biggest bills of the year is one nobody is talking about, Del. Mike Mullin, D-Newport News, wrote in a tweet on Friday a hard cap on the price of insulin in Virginia.
Insurers are now limited to charging a maximum of $50 a month for the drug after Del. Lee Carter, D-Manassas, urged colleagues to accept a Senate amendment to his bill. The price is a little higher than his original cap of $30, but still the lowest ceiling for insulin in the country, he said on the House floor.
Insulin prices have tripled over the last decade as the drugs four main manufacturers have raised the baseline cost. Virginia is the latest state to pass its own controls amid nationwide reports of patients dying after rationing the vital medication.
There have been Congressional hearings over the rising costs, but federal regulators still havent settled on a solution to lower prices. Virginia is the third state to pass a law limiting the cost of insulin.
Insurers are now limited to charging a maximum of $50 a month for the drug after Del. Lee Carter, D-Manassas, urged colleagues to accept a Senate amendment to his bill. The price is a little higher than his original cap of $30, but still the lowest ceiling for insulin in the country, he said on the House floor.
Insulin prices have tripled over the last decade as the drugs four main manufacturers have raised the baseline cost. Virginia is the latest state to pass its own controls amid nationwide reports of patients dying after rationing the vital medication.
There have been Congressional hearings over the rising costs, but federal regulators still havent settled on a solution to lower prices. Virginia is the third state to pass a law limiting the cost of insulin.
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Virginia General Assembly caps insulin prices at $50 a month (Original Post)
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OhNo-Really
(3,985 posts)1. I'm loving Virginia. Free from the tea party nutcases
Hekate
(90,616 posts)2. Kicking this
Meadowoak
(5,543 posts)3. I think I'm moving to Virginia!
ooky
(8,920 posts)4. I think I'm moving back.
Taking my diabetic son and his family with me.