House passes $35 monthly insulin caps, but Senate remains a question mark
Democrats and Republicans remained divided over how to lower the price of insulin, and on the House floor Thursday, Dems voted together with 12 Republicans to pass a bill to cap insulin prices at $35 per month, by a vote of 232-193 (and 6 didn’t vote). In the Senate, the picture isn’t so clear.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) took to the floor on Thursday, explaining how the price of insulin has skyrocketed in recent years, with the top manufacturers pulling in record-breaking profits by charging the US significantly more than other countries.
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