Minnesota lawmakers moving to address rising price of insulin [View all]
A bipartisan group of Minnesota lawmakers on Tuesday said it would bring legislation aimed at cracking down on the rising price of insulin.
At a news conference, legislators said they would aim to require pharmaceutical companies to be more transparent about their reasons for boosting insulin prices and set up a system that would allow those with diabetes to access refills if they can’t afford the drug.
The calls for reform came a day after the nonprofit Health Care Cost Institute reported that the price for drugs used to treat type 1 diabetes nearly doubled in the last five years.
“There is no good reason for these absurd increases,” said Sen. Matt Little, DFL-Lakeville. “For us to do nothing in the face of what we’ve known for some time would be just wrong.”
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