to get back into the plan. one american is deciding went paying bills and for paying for her life-saving medicine. >> all of this is insulin. >> reporter: donna has been on insulin for nearly two decades. >> this is long-term. this is short-term. >> reporter: her dosages prescriptions and monitoring. routine and like clock work until she got a bill for $3,000. >> well i can't say what my emotion was on tv. but i couldn't believe it. it is unbelievable. >> reporter: the two drugs that cost her $100 a month through medicare, skyrocketed to $1,000 a month. >> i can't afford it. >> this week, president biden failed to reach an agreement on lowering prescription drug prices in his economic package. which would have allowed medicare to negotiate directly with drug companies. >> no one got everything they wanted, including me.