Lantus The insulin cap previously was included in the Democrats’ “Build Back Better” legislation but rescued to become a standalone bill.

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed legislation that would cap the out-of-pocket cost of insulin at $35 per month, lowering drug costs for more than seven million diabetes patients. Introduced by three Democrats, the Affordable Insulin Now Act passed mostly along party lines.

“No American should have to choose between paying for life-saving insulin and other basic necessities like food and rent,” Rep. Angie Craig of Minnesota, one of the bill’s co-sponsors, said in a statement. “And yet, today, all across the country, patients are risking their own lives by rationing doses or skipping treatments entirely due to the skyrocketing cost of their medications.”

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