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Gov Tony Evers introduces bills to reduce costs of prescription drugs
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Gov Tony Evers introduces bills to reduce costs of prescription drugs
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Waterville residents advocate for emergency insulin program
A 14-year-old boy, his mother and a woman who lost her son to Type 1 diabetes and the high cost of insulin testified before a legislative panel last week at a public hearing in support of LD 673, An Act to Create the Insulin Safety Net Program.
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Leo Koch, 14, works on his basketball skills Monday in the driveway of his Waterville home. Koch, who has Type 1 diabetes and must take insulin, testified before a legislative panel in favor of a bill that would provide emergency insulin at an affordable price for Mainers who need it. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel
AUGUSTA – Senator Chip Curry, D-Belfast, testified earlier this week in favor of the Making Health Care Work for Maine bill package at a public hearing before the Legislature’s Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services Committee.
The suite of bills put forward by Maine Senate Democrats targets outrageous health care spending, unsupported and extreme prescription drug price increases and drug price transparency.
“Every day I hear from people in Waldo County who are making terrible, tough decisions to either pay the bills or afford their prescription drugs. In fact, the cost of medication is 256 percent higher in the U.S. than in at least 23 other countries,” said Sen. Curry. “All across Maine, working families are struggling to get by. Enough is enough. We know that the system isn’t working, and it’s time to fix it.”
Some of the prescription drug measures Evers is proposing were included in the Democratic governor s 2019-2021 budget, but ended up being pulled by state Republicans. Back in the upcoming budget will be removing prescription copays from the state s Medicaid program, BadgerCare, and creating a state program to reduce the costs of prescription drugs while importing low-cost replacement options.
Evers latest proposal largely follows recommendations made last fall by the the Governor s Task Force on Reducing Prescription Drug Prices. The task force submitted a report detailing several policy ideas aimed at lowering the cost of prescription drugs, expanding access to medications for residents and increasing transparency in the supply chain.
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