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It’s life or death without my insulin : Central Ohio man explains the drastic cost of insulin
President Joe Biden froze a rule by President Trump that he said would make insulin cheaper for low income families. Author: Olivia Ugino (WBNS) Updated: 11:34 PM EST February 3, 2021
COLUMBUS, Ohio President Joe Biden froze a rule by President Trump that he said would make insulin cheaper for low-income families. But there is debate if President Trump s policy would help diabetic families at all. This 60-day freeze is not increasing the cost of insulin, it just means President Biden has time to look over the policy.
The cost of insulin has been kept artificially high for millions of Americans because drug manufacturers and middlemen work together to maximize their profits, a new bipartisan investigation shows.
This maneuvering around the growing price tag for medicine needed by diabetics to combat America s No. 7 killer represents a microcosm of the reasons prescription drugs cost so much in the U.S.
It also demonstrates one of the consequences of growing consolidation within American health care, a trend The Dispatch is investigating.
“Insulin is Exhibit A of why America’s drug pricing system is broken from top to bottom, said U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden in a statement to The Dispatch/USA TODAY Network. Our bipartisan report reveals how large corporations benefit from high prices while consumers and taxpayers foot the bill.”