Lawmakers Seek To Cap The Cost of Insulin And Supplies To $150 Per Month

[TexasTowelie]

HARTFORD, CT – Hamden student Logan Merwin has been the owner of a “mostly useless pancreas” for 11 years and during that time his family has struggled with the cost of insulin and insulin supplies.

He said the cost of the insulin he needs to stay alive is “ridiculous.”

He said if insulin continues to climb he will have to pay over $1,000 per month for the life-saving drug.

He’s not alone. According to the Centers for Disease Control there are 100 million adults living in the United States with diabetes. An estimated 11.4% of Connecticut’s population has diabetes, and 36.5% with prediabetes. Diabetes is the seventh-leading cause of death in Connecticut and the cost of insulin continues to rise.

The average annual cost of insulin in 2016 for individuals with type 1 diabetes was $5,705 per-person, up from $2,864 in 2012.

Read more: https://www.ctnewsjunkie.com/archives/entry/20200213_lawmakers_seek_to_cap_the_cost_of_insulin_and_supplies_to_150/

[abqtommy]

1. I think that even 150 bucks a month is still too much.

[Magoo48]

2. Yes, it is still too much, but it is a start.

[Blues Heron]

3. That's great, but just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to overpriced meds

We need comprehensive health care reform. The Uber-capitalist approach is leaving a lot of people high and dry.