While both companies had previously announced they would cut the out-of-pocket cost of insulin to $35 a month, the agreement locks that price for uninsured New Yorkers for five years.
Through the public health emergency, roughly 81,000 people gained coverage in Nassau, while about 102,000 did the same in Suffolk, according to state health department data.
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