President Biden at last year's State of the Union address, March 1, 2022 (Al Drago/Pool via AP Images)

February 7, 2023 02:50 PM EST

Biden to tout pharma's defeat in State of the Union, call for $35 insulin for all

Zachary Brennan

Senior Editor

President Joe Biden will take to his second State of the Union this evening with plans for optimism, and a call for universal, $35 per month insulin, along with highlights of one of his biggest self-described successes so far — the defeat of pharma companies with the institution of Medicare negotiations for drug prices.

“President Biden took on Big Pharma — and won,” a White House fact sheet said ahead of the speech this evening.

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